____Background (-15)____
Legends still talk about the time before Ralkazan and of the
Chosen One who would someday appear to defeat him. Reality,
however, was a bleak day-to-day existence - until, that is,
they came for my family. I was 15 at the time, and my parents
sacrificed themselves so I could escape. They had been leaders in the
underground resistance. I dedicated myself to
continuing their efforts and joined the resistance myself.
Everything changed again when I turned 18 and performed the
ancient coming-of-age ritual that marks passage into
adulthood. I could tell as I was performing the rites that
something was different - I'd seen the ritual performed many
times, and it didn't seem to be going the way I thought it
should ... eventually, however, I finished only to find my
gathered friends starting at me in amazement ... *I* was the
legendary Chosen One. With the fulfilment of the ancient
legends many more people rallied to the cause, and slowly we
began fighting back. Years of fighting eventually culminated
in a face-to-face confrontation with Ralkazan himself. After a lengthy
struggle, however, I was defeated. To my surprise he didn't kill me on
the spot. It seems that he required the
Chosen One to satisfy a prophecy of his own - one that would
make him all-powerful. In fact, *I* was the reason he'd
invaded our dimension to begin with! As he was laughing to
himself over the completion of his goals, he was suddenly
assualted by some sort of mystical force. Seizing the
opportunity, I renewed my attack and found myself caught up in the same
force that had hold of him and found myself
transported .... elsewhere. It seems that one John Gilmore had summoned
Ralkazan for his own purposes and I had somehow been dragged along for
the ride. When John's ritual ended, Ralkazan was banished back to my
home dimension, but I was trapped here with him. I joined up with him
to help find a way to get back home and/or to defeat Ralkazan once and
for all, but in the mean time I'll do what I can to protect the people
of my new home.
Penelope was invisible when she appeared, so John doesn't even know he
brought her to this world. A private girl, Penelope became John's
secretary and hasn't revealed her origin or powers to him. Seeing how
inept John is with "traditional" detective skills, Penelope has
resolved to learn those skills so she can help him solve his cases. She
has since become fascinated with the PI life and is busily learning as
much as she can.
Penelope has recently started modeling. It makes her feel
pretty and wanted, something she didn't get growing up. The
unexpected fame has started to interfere with her other
activities, so she isn't so sure if she wants to continue this aspect
of her career.
____Description (-15)____
An attractive young woman in her early twenties with green
eyes and long blonde hair. Always carefully and fashionably
dressed. Wears glasses as her "disguise". Her costume is a
green sleeveless dress with a short, full skirt that she can
wear underneath her normal clothes - then she can disperse her outer
clothing and step out of them for a quick-change.
____Personality (-15)____
Being used to fighting injustice as a lifestyle, she takes it
very seriously, but she also greatly enjoys the newfound
freedoms of her new home. She likes playing civilian, paying
close attention to things like fashion and entertainment
(movies, music, dancing, etc). She is basically cheerful and
optimistic by nature and enoys preforming random acts of
kindess. This may make her seem naive to some, but given her
history and her choice of cover-profession, she is far from
it.
She occasionally feels guilty about having a private life, but balances
it by always being quick to change gears into
hero-mode, and by spending a lot of her free time working out
how to get back to her home dimension and/or defeat Ralkazan.
She is very amused by John Gilmore's pursuit of publicity, as
she feels a duty and obligation to do the best she can for
other people, without seeking rewards.
Being a famous (at least in Island City) model and with her
knowledge of police procedures, Penelope is aware that privacy is
important and that she could easily abuse her powers. She tries to be
careful and judicious in her use of her Dispersal/Invisibility powers.
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____Subplots____
03. [A1] Gilmore gets Penelope to sing national anthem at
baseball game.
05. [B1] Interest in taking up writing. Starts researching.
07. [B2] Track down McKnight for "Art of Mystery Writing"
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
08. [C1] Feeling a little sick.
10. [C2] Still sick. Powers cut out for an hour.
12. [C3] Find out cause of sickness is Rad's radiation.
15. [D1] Captured and almost used to open portal to Bgztl.
16. [D2] Strange surges of anger.
17. [C4] Take anti-radiation serum. Mutations!
[D3] Angry riot grrrl.
18. [B3] Starts to write book.
19. [D4] Aaron's Rod calms Ghost Girl.
20. [B4] Finish first draft of book. Meet Raymond Chandler.
[D5] Research Aaron's Rod, gets basic history.
21. [D6] Silurians claim Ghost Girl is Ralkazan's avatar.
[E1] Ghost Girl reveals her origins to Rad and Riff.
22. [D7] Silurians honor Ralkazan's avatar with gifts.
[F1] John Gilmore is _too_ competent. Most
suspicious.
23. [D8] Silurian resistance tries to assassinate Ghosty
[F2] John Gilmore more aloof and now casts spells.
Hmm.
25. [D9] Silurian Resistance kidnaps John Gilmore
[F3] John Gilmore revealed as Ralkazan's avatar.
Killed.
____History____
01. Defended IC Military Research Center from Japanese raid.
[+44 HPs] Wealth +5 APs (to 5 APs)
02. Solve string of kidnappings.
[+80 HP]
03. Stop Secret Society of Super Villain plot.
[+218 HPs] Aura 7, Dispersal 7, Invis. 7, Detective 4
05. Drug War. Major Nathan/FBI, Nate's Nemesis, Tony Lucerno.
[+107 HPs] Wrist Communicator.
06. Abnegazar. Mind controlled. Destroy Japanese radar site.
[+116 HPs] Wealth -1 (to 10).
07. Robotics Conference. MechaGodzilla. Ultra-Humanite.
[+187 HPs] AURA 8, Detective 5, Artist 1.
08. Tsunami frees Sumo, tests ICH and steals Riff's robot.
[+119 HPs] INFL 5, Awareness 5, Actor 2.
09. Ghosty travels to the future and explores an apocalyptic
wasteland. [+90 HPs] Detective 6, Wealth -1 (to 9).
10. The Shark and Cheetah try to ruin Water World's opening.
[+156 HPs] Wealth +4 (to 13).
11. Republican convention for mayor of Island City.
[+91 HPs]
12. Der See Wulf tries to steal Kupe'e Mana'o from museum.
[+90 HPs] Buy off Secret Identity. Connection:
Lucerno.
13. Dr Svoboda uses alien protein to produce supervillains.
[+150 HPs] -Exile (Involuntary), AURA (+ Link) 9.
16. ICH travels to China to rescue Tsunami.
[+182 HPs] -Arch Enemy
17. Japanese Robots and Dragon Robot attack ICMRC.
[+90 HPs] -Invisibility, +Teleportation 9, Dex 7,
link Martial Artist, INFL +3 (to 8), Awareness +3
(to 8),
Detective 7, Artist +2 (to 4).
18. Rescue Gilmore from Axis, Axis gains Aaron's Rod.
[+150 HPs] Artist +1 (to 5).
19. Stop Fearsome Five from taking over Crete.
[+165 HPs] DEX (+ MA) 8, Artist 6, Wealth +3 (to 16).
20. Battle Silurians and save Mystery Writer's Conventioners.
[+241 HPs] DEX (+ MA) 9, Artist 7, Wealth +3 (to 19).
21. Japanese robots invade Silurian city underneath Oahu.
[+168 HPs] Wealth -1 (to 18). DEX (+ Martial Arts)
10.
22. Stop Mekanique's Diabolical Nosferatu Squid Plot.
[+123 HPs] Wealth +3 (to 21), INFL/Awareness 9.
23. Rescue Nyun Kim from Red Dragon-led Koas
[+145 HPs] Wealth +1 (to 22), DEX (+ Martial Arts) 11
24. Axis Amerika and SSSV crash Stanislaus
Bridge's wedding
[+176 HPs]
25. Finale: Ultra-Humanite, Silurians, Braniac
and Ralkazan
[+355 HPs] Wealth +7 (to 29), Artist 8, AURA 10
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