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Serena DeSoto

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King's Ransom RPG

Bio:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Serena DeSoto
Code Name: Grease Monkey or Monkey
Sex: Female
Species: Mutant
Sexuality: Bi
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Current Age: 24

APPEARANCE

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 145
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Appearance: Grease Monkey is tall in stature with defined musculature due to the work she does. Her hair is long and thick, falling to the middle of her back. Most often it is pulled up into a ponytail so as to be out of her eyes while she works. Her face displays high cheek bones and a dimpled chin. Her skin portrays her Spanish heritage with its olive tone. Often she wears coveralls to ensure the grease from her machines doesn't dirty her more than it should. But when she's not working, she can be found in the girliest clothes available. She wears skirts, blouses, high heels and jewelry.

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PERSONALITY & BACKGROUND

Personality: Serena is a quiet woman. She would go unnoticed if it weren't for her beauty. She is easy to get along with and likes people. She does not often put herself out there, but she can if she wants to. She doesn't like too much attention, but she doesn't shy away from it either. She has a bit of a naughty streak, especially if she feels the "man" is keeping her down. She likes to be a rebel, even if it means she gets herself into trouble.
History: Carlos DeSoto married Maria Santiago in Madrid, Spain in the spring of 1981 without quite realizing who she really was. She was, in fact, a mutant. She had the power of superhuman speed. It was an ability she could control, appearing as a normal human usually. But, as a teenager, she took advantage of her abilities and got involved with a group of other mutants. They found that with their combined efforts, they could rob bank vaults, merchants and other targets with relative ease. Maria and her friends went about this for a good five years before she got burnt out and quit. That was when she met Carlos. Her friends were not happy with her decision, but she managed to avoid them and leave them behind, or so she thought.

In 1983, Carlos and Maria had their first and only child, Serena Maria DeSoto. Little Serena was only 4 when her mother's past caught up with her. Her friends found her on the street when she was shopping with Serena and tried to talk her into joining their cause once more. When she refused, their cajoling turned physical. A nasty blow to the head rendered her unconcious and eventually lead to an anyurism there on the street. Dragging her into an alleyway, they left Serena to be found by police. She was returned to her grieving father, who no longer felt as if he could live in the same city with the heathens who had killed his beloved wife. He wanted to get as far away from Spain as he could, and felt like the United States would be the answer.

It took him five years to save up enough money for them to buy passports and make the journey to New Orleans, Louisiana. Carlos had no education and spent the last of his savings to attend trucking school. He spent most of his time over the road, leaving Serena in the care of a neighbor when she was in school, and taking her with him on the weekends and during the summer months. They got to know the country pretty well and Serena's friendly nature made her many friends and pen pals all over the nation.

Her time with her father and his rusty semi also taught her the joy of mechanics. She checked out books on the subject from the library so she would be able to help him fix it if it ever broke down on the road. And then, in 1996, just after her 13th birthday, Serena found another reason to go to the library. She discovered, quite by accident that she could make objects move with a simple thought. She was working on the rig's engine and needed a monkey wrench that was just out of reach. But suddenly, with no warning at all, it was in her hand. She tested out her abilities on nearly everything she could, but kept it hidden from her father. She didn't want to scare him.

She found that as her ability developed she could also power machinery. Many times, out on the road, she didn't need to repair anything. Merely being in the vehicle would make it run. She was thrilled to help her father in any way that she could. She saw how sad he was, and did anything she could to make him happy. As she grew older, she began to tinker with stuff she found in the junk yards and even constructed a new kind of engine that would get better gas mileage and run more efficiently for her father's rig.

Things went smoothly, even through her teenage years, but when her father found her with a boy in the backseat of a stolen car, things changed. Carlos no longer trusted his daughter and she could never seem to do anything right. They began to argue about everything. Eventually, Serena knew it was time to move out. She left her home in Louisiana and moved to Chicago to go to school. She attended the University of Chicago and majored in mechanical engineering. She didn't quite finish, however.

In order to pay for college, Serena began to run sort of a chop shop. She would take apart cars that friends of friends would steal, and then sell the parts. She made a decent living, but the law was beginning to catch up to her. In her Junior year of college the FBI tracked the stolen car parts to her chop shop. They were days away from catching her in the act of disassembling a car. Just before she would have been caught, Glacier got to her. He told her the FBI was on her tail, and offered to help in return for her services.

She built the King's Ransom with some coaxing from Nate and continues to be the source of its power to this day.

OTHER INFORMATION

Powers: The ability to power inanimate objects with her energy. Also the uncanny ability to create machines out of virtually nothing.
Weaknesses: Shoes, Handbags, Diamonds, Energy Depletion
Talents/Hobbies: Tinkering, Shopping, Inventing, and Mechanics
Family/Friends: [Friends and Crew]

glacier,

light_chaser
[Family] Carlos DeSoto (father)
Occupation: Operator/Creator of King's Ransom
Location: The King's Ransom Airship

OUT OF CHARACTER

PB: Roselyn Sanchez
Disclaimer: I am not Roselyn Sanchez. Nor am I Serena DeSoto. However, she is my character and I claim the rights to her.

Friends:

	15:	_shimmer_, _umbra, bengal, brimstone, callme_hex, docjordan, glacier, goneinaflash, grease_monkey, high_flyer, lady_hawk, light_chaser, mag_force, shiftingsands, tarnished_aegis
	2:	kings_ransom, kingsransom_ooc

Mutual Friends:

12: _umbra, bengal, callme_hex, docjordan, glacier, goneinaflash, grease_monkey, high_flyer, lady_hawk, light_chaser, mag_force, shiftingsands

Also Friend of:

5: chaoschild, difairchild, el_omni, i_mimic, lana_bombshell

Member of:

3: icondust, kings_ransom, kingsransom_ooc

Account type:

Free Patient

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