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Scarlett Leithold as Rebecca Lynn Gadison

Name: Rebecca Lynn Gadison Codename: G Faction: N/A Position: N/A Age: 18 Hometown: McKinney, Texas, USA Gender: Female Height: 5'9" (175cm) Build: Sleek/Toned Skin: Caucasian Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue

Details

Background

In the beginning…

Rebecca Lynn Gadison (a.k.a. "Becca") was born and raised in one of the semi-affluent suburbs of a larger Texas city, the sort of town where the high school football team has a stadium that puts those of smaller colleges to shame and being on the cheer/dance team is the social and popularity pinnacle for the female students of said school. She was an only child, due to pregnancy/birthing complications that led to her mother being unable to have further children.

Her parents, George and Tammy, themselves high school sweethearts from a smaller, very politically conservative West Texas town, had settled in the area after George completed college and found work there. They brought their beliefs with them, adhering to the outlook they had been raised with despite the (relatively) more progressive attitudes of their neighbors and co-workers. From time to time, particularly when he was angry, had been drinking, or both, Becca's father made no secret of the fact that he would have much preferred to be raising a son instead of a daughter, and that he held it against Becca that her mother wasn't able to give him one. Both of her parents were also not particularly subtle with their feelings about mutants, LGBTQ individuals, or to a lesser extent, other minorities or those who believed differently from them.

Powers? Wait, what, I have powers?

One afternoon when Becca was 14, and home by herself after school, she tripped and fell while walking into the kitchen. Or more accurately, she tripped, and then stopped falling, finding herself hovering about a foot above the linoleum. Her powers, unknown to her before that moment, had kicked in reflexively. After a few minutes of panic — not the least of which was because she could not figure out at first how to stop hovering above the floor — Becca got herself under control, though not without a lot of fear and confusion.

What had just happened? That was surely unnatural — Could she, somehow, be one of those "dirty muties" her father liked to rail about? She didn't feel like she was suddenly evil, and she was pretty certain she hadn't made any deals with the Devil…

After learning of her powers, Becca was, understandably, very careful to keep them a secret. But she also could not resist her curiosity, and so when she was alone, she experimented, gradually learning more of the nature of her abilities and what they enabled her to do.

Secrets within secrets, and no one to tell

By the time she was halfway through high school, Becca became aware of something else disquieting about herself, in terms of the worldview expressed by her parents. She knew she was attracted to boys. She had been dating them since junior high school, and she very much enjoyed being with them, including the more physical aspects. But now she found her head also being turned (or was finally admitting it to herself that it was) by girls, particularly by some of her beautiful teammates on the cheer/dance squad. Feeling shame, she kept this to herself, praying over it and wondering what she had done wrong to be like this.

She couldn't hold it in forever, though, and one day a few weeks after graduation, when her friend and former teammate Milena had come over to swim and hang out, she confessed her forbidden attractions — both in general, and to her tall, athletic Latina friend.

"I know, chica," Milena had said, smiling and blushing. "I have seen how you look at me. And I like it."

Which might have led to a new and better chapter in Becca's young life…

The end, and the beginning

…if not for Becca's father coming home much earlier than expected and discovering his daughter and her friend entwined on a lounger by the pool.

The scene that ensued was, unsurprisingly, ugly. The invective streaming from Becca's father does not bear repeating, but included all of the slurs and insults that he could think of, heaped upon his daughter and her friend, at one point including, "…and with a Mexican?" (Never mind that Milena's heritage was Brazilian, and her family spoke Portuguese, not Spanish.) Milena fled, honestly fearing for her life.

Finally, in a rage, George Gadison did something he had never done before — He hit his daughter, slapping her hard across the face, while screaming about how ashamed he was of her, and that she was no longer welcome in his home.

And a moment later he found himself slammed back against the wall of the house by unseen forces and pinned there. And Becca stood there, her bawling turned to her own anger at her father having struck her. "Well guess what, Daddy? If you really want to be ashamed of me, your 'filthy queer' daughter is a mutant, too!" And she stormed into the house and started packing.

Powers

Mistress of Gravity

Becca can sense and control gravitational fields and how they interact with mass, mainly by manipulating masses' behavior in relation to the prevailing gravity, such as that of the Earth. Like most mutants, she can use her powers for extended periods, so long as she is able to focus.

• Flight: Becca can control how her own mass interacts with a gravitational field, allowing her to propel herself in any chosen direction. Her top speed is about 1,000 MPH.

• Force Field: Becca can generate a gravitic force field that can withstand essentially unlimited amounts of small-arms fire, and can, with effort, absorb or deflect substantial impacts, such as those of an anti-tank missile or a speeding semi (though repeated such impacts will wear Becca down and cause the field to eventually collapse). The field can be a fully-enclosing sphere or any portion thereof, centered on Becca and moving as she moves. She can maintain it at full strength up to about a 10-foot radius, and while she can make it larger, its strength diminishes proportionally — half-power at 20 feet, etc. The field can also hold things in — such as breathable air while underwater or in vacuum, or people or things carried with her while in flight.

• Gravitic Senses: Becca can sense gravity fields, and masses interacting with them. Large masses (of approximately a ton or more) distort local gravity sufficiently that Becca can easily detect them while they are at rest in relation to the field. Smaller masses are less 'visible' to her, but become more detectable when they are in motion. Focused use of this power (analogous to using SONAR as compared to passive hearing) can perceive objects regardless of size or motion at a level of detail comparable to that of normal sight, out to a range of about 6 feet.

• Gravity Control: Becca can control how gravity affects mass in a selected area. The area of effect does not need to be centered on Becca, but the center of the effect must be within about 100 yards of her. The area can be stationary (meaning the effect will end if Becca moves out of range) or it can move with her. Line of sight is not a factor.
  
  — Amplified Gravity: At its maximum area of effect (50-foot radius) and strength (10 Gs), Becca can maintain this effect for up to 10 seconds. The duration increases as the area or strength of the effect are decreased, reaching a maximum of 60 seconds at a small area (1-foot radius or less) or minimal power (2 Gs or less).
  
  — Reduced Gravity: At its maximum area of effect (50-foot radius) and strength (zero gravity), Becca can maintain this effect for up to 30 seconds. The duration increases as the area or strength of the effect are decreased, reaching a maximum of 180 seconds at a small area (1-foot radius or less) or minimal power (1/2 gravity).
  
  In either case, note that she is increasing or decreasing the force exerted by gravity on objects in the area, not increasing or decreasing their mass — Momentum and inertia still apply as normal (though alterations in gravity can obviously affect trajectory).

• Gravitic Telekinesis: Becca can finesse how the gravitational field of a given object (all mass has its own gravity) interacts with the larger gravitational field of the planet (or equivalent). By doing so, she can move an object in any desired direction, rotate the object freely, and generally manipulate it in a manner similar to telekinesis. She can manipulate up to 5 or 6 objects at a time, and said objects must be within her 'line of sight' either by normal vision or her gravitic senses (see above). Becca can lift or move up to about 10 tons of mass with this power and sustain it for up to about 60 seconds, and as the mass she is manipulating decreases, the sustainable time increases proportionately.

• Gravity Punch: Through a momentary combination of aspects of the above effects, Becca has learned how to enclose her fist (or foot, if kicking) in a gravitic shield, while adding force to the impact of that shield on its target. The result is akin to being hit by a bowling-ball-sized sphere with force similar to that of a peak human or low-grade super-strength.

• Fall-Proof: Everyone has an instinctive, reflexive reaction when they start to fall. They try to put their hands out in front of themselves, they try to catch themselves or keep from getting hurt by the impact. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it's futile. Having mastery over gravity means that it's never futile. If she is awake and aware that she is falling — including waking up while falling — Becca will catch herself with her powers and safely come to a stop before impact.

Skills

• Natural Athlete: Becca possesses natural gifts in terms of strength, balance, coordination, and general athleticism. Whether this is in part due to her mutant genome is undetermined, but whatever the source, her gifts are plainly evident to anyone who watches her move. They certainly contributed to her success as a dance student and as a dance/cheer squad member at her school.

• Dance: Having studied modern dance since grade school to prepare her for joining the cheer/dance squads of first her middle school and then her high school, Becca is skilled at moving gracefully, appealingly, and in rhythm, following choreography and reading its notation, and keeping in synch with others in a dance troupe.

• Music: Becca is a trained vocalist, able to make the most of her very good voice and its above-average range. She is also a skilled and talented guitarist.

• Waitressing: Becca worked part-time at the local diner in her hometown starting when she was 16, and developed the skillset necessary, including that of dealing with obnoxious customers with a polite smile.

• Knee and Flee: One positive thing Becca's father did do for her was to teach her how to defend herself. This was mainly taught in the context of dealing with boys who might get 'handsy' or otherwise get physical with her in unwanted and unwelcome ways, and so focused on 'fighting dirty' and moves meant to inflict pain or temporarily disable, allowing her to escape, as opposed to the skills to carry on a stand-up fight. An actual trained fighter, or a real martial artist, would have no trouble overcoming her efforts, unless she got very lucky (or resorted to her powers).

Advantages

• Mutant Vigor: Becca shares the robust health and above-average resilience common to many mutants.

Flaws

• Borrowed Power: Most of Becca's abilities are dependent upon being immersed in a powerful gravitational field, such as that of a planet. Admittedly, this is normally not much of a problem, but situations are possible where it could come into play. (She can generate gravity on her own by using Gravity Control on her own mass, but this is much weaker and she cannot sustain it indefinitely. For instance, in deep space, she could, under her own power, create enough of a shield to hold air in, but only for a short time — maybe 30 minutes, if she was fully rested. This also does not allow her to propel herself as with her Flight power, as she would be 'pushing' against a gravitational field centered upon herself. It would, however, permit her to pull herself toward a large nearby mass such as an asteroid or a spaceship.) This also means that in weaker gravity, her powers that depend on it are proportionately reduced — her top Flight speed, for instance, would be much lower on the Moon.

• We Have No Daughter: As a result of the events detailed in her background, Becca's family has disowned her. They will generally refuse to talk about her with anyone outside the family, and if pressed, will just say that she ran off and they have no idea where she's gone. Any attempt Becca makes at contacting them will be met with hostility and rejection. As a result, she is on her own, without the familial support most young people enjoy, both emotionally and financially.

• Self-Doubt: "What if Momma and Daddy are right? What if I am evil, or going to Hell, or not fit to be breathing the same air as good people?" Thoughts like these make it hard for Becca to get to sleep some nights. They also may lead her to making moral compromises or bad choices that are "justified" in the moment by the thought that she's damned already, so what does it matter?

• Trust Issues: Given her story, it's probably not surprising that Becca has difficulty trusting others, and may be somewhat paranoid of people in general, to the point of finding well-meaning acts of kindness suspect or expecting them to be either attempts to take advantage of her or given with expectance of something in return.

• Ophidiophobia: While being wary of snakes, particularly the poisonous kinds, is normal and healthy, especially where she comes from, Becca's fear of them goes powerfully and irrationally beyond that.

Contacts

• Contact 1: Something about them.

• Contact 2: Something about them.

Soundtrack

Click any of the titles below to play the music. (YouTube will open in a new tab.)

• American Girl — Taylor Swift (Acoustic cover of the late Tom Petty)
  Could be sung about Becca. Could be sung by her. Could just be both.

• Wicked Game — Daisy Gray (Voice/piano cover of Chris Isaak)
  This could just about be Becca singing. (Ms. Gray is awesome and everyone should be listening to her!)

• Someone You Loved — Davina Michelle (Voice/piano cover of Lewis Capaldi)
  Something with a bit more edge that could also be close to what Becca would sound like on this song.

• Foolish Games — Grace Vardell (Daisy Gray) (Voice/piano cover of Jewel)
  More Daisy Gray magic that could almost be Becca.

• Breathe — Anna Nalick (Voice/guitar acoustic version)
  Another song that, in vocal quality and general sense of it, feels and sounds like something Rebecca might do.

• Don’t Call Me Angel — Davina Michelle (Voice/piano cover of Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey)
  More "could almost be Becca" music.

• Centuries — Grace Vardell (Daisy Gray) (Voice/piano cover of Fall Out Boy)
  Possibly a pretty close approximation of Becca pouring her heart and voice into a song.

Gallery

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Logs

2020-04-16 - Hosed Down
Summary: A fair goes terribly, terribly wrong Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Thu Apr 16 23:03:07...
(carin-taylor dominant ford-benett isis-marik mera plot rebecca-gadison)

2020-03-26 - Gravity And Forcefields
Summary: RESCUE to the RESCUE as a subway train meets with an accident. Log Info: Storyteller:...
(isis-marik lydia-dietrich off-the-rails plot rebecca-gadison toni-ho veronica-kelsey)

2020-03-17 - I Need A Drink
Summary: A gang of people come together at Lukes for great talks and better drinks. Log Info:...
(matt-murdock rebecca-gadison social)

2020-01-19 - Revealing
Summary: At Club Obsidian, Celerity makes certain revelations to Rebecca and Priscilla. Log Info:...
(anon priscilla-kitaen rebecca-gadison social)

2019-12-20 - Time to Hunt the Hunters
Summary: The assembled allies set a trap to draw in and neutralize the Razors before more people are...
(althea-harman black-widow klavdiya-vasiliev laynia-petrovna lexi-haze nadia-van-dyne natalia-romanova neena-thurman nvd plot pride razors rebecca-gadison thea)

2020-01-02 - But Is There Goose in the Nachos?
Summary: Ambrose wanders into Luke's and meets not only Hod, but Anya, Thea, and Rebecca as well....
(ambrose anya-corazon hod rebecca-gadison social thea)

2019-12-30 - Harlem Heroes?
Summary: Luke, Anya, Thea and Becca discuss recent events Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Mon Dec...
(anya-corazon luke-cage rebecca-gadison social thea)

2019-12-28 - Mechanical Monstronsities
Summary: Just another day in Central Park Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Sat Dec 28 22:19:51 2019...
(anya-corazon dylan-grey keiko lydia-dietrich peter-parker rebecca-gadison scandal social thea)

2019-12-27 - Ho Ho Huh?
Summary: Christmas at Luke's. Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Fri Dec 27 00:48:07 2019 Location:...
(anya-corazon clint-barton domino luke-cage rebecca-gadison social thea)

2019-12-08 - Tripping And Missing the Ground
Summary: Following fleeing with Okhotnik and Darkstar following an attack, Lexi and Becca find...
(lexi-haze rebecca-gadison social)

2019-12-07 - It Gets Better Than This
Summary: A few of the residents and supporters of Mutant Town encounter one another at a food...
(darkstar klavdiya-vasiliev laynia-petrovna lexi-haze okhotnik plot pride rebecca-gadison whiplash)

2019-11-06 - Is This How Supers Date?
Summary: Anon and G go on patrol and encounter Gwen. Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Wed Nov 6...
(anon gwen-stacy rebecca-gadison social)

2019-10-29 - Formal Night at Luke's Pub
Summary: Formal Party night at Luke leads to some interesting surprises Log Info: Storyteller: None...
(angela-carpenter anya-corazon catseye fairchild hercules hisako-ichiki koriandr luke-cage mary-jane miles-morales priscilla-kitaen rebecca-gadison roxanne-spaulding social)

2019-10-08 - Someone Like Me
Summary: Anon and Rebecca stop a carjacker. Log Info: Storyteller: None Date: Tue Oct 8 10:50:52...
(anon rebecca-gadison social)

2019-09-24 - Party Chat Time
Summary: Gwen and Rebecca meet up and chat in the middle of a party. Log Info: Storyteller: None...
(gwen-stacy rebecca-gadison social)

2019-09-24 - A Party for the Stars
Summary: The movie premiered with mixed reviews! Now it's time for a party! Log Info: Storyteller:...
(able america-chavez catseye emma-frost gwen-stacy mary-jane rebecca-gadison social)