Shift
| Shift / Shifter | ||||||||||
| Player: @Sharks | ||||||||||
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| Biographical Data | ||||||||||
| Real Name: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Known Aliases: | Shift, Shifter | |||||||||
| Gender: | Variable | |||||||||
| Species: | Mutant | |||||||||
| Ethnicity: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Place of Birth: | Unknown, theorized England | |||||||||
| Base of Operations: | Worldwide | |||||||||
| Relatives: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Characteristics | ||||||||||
| Age: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Height: | Variable | |||||||||
| Weight: | Variable | |||||||||
| Eyes: | Variable | |||||||||
| Hair: | Variable | |||||||||
| Complexion: | Variable | |||||||||
| Physical Build: | Variable | |||||||||
| Physical Features: | Variable | |||||||||
| Status | ||||||||||
| Alignment: |
Neutral | |||||||||
| Reputation: |
Reclusive | |||||||||
| Identity: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Years Active: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Citizenship: | Theorized English | |||||||||
| Occupation: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Education: | College | |||||||||
| Marital Status: | Single | |||||||||
| Known Powers and Abilities | ||||||||||
| Transformation Set, Regeneration | ||||||||||
| Equipment and Paraphernalia | ||||||||||
| None | ||||||||||
| ReldinBoxMini Template | ||||||||||
Overview
A possessor of transformative powers, the one who goes by 'Shift' or 'Shifter' identifies themselves as neutral, but has been known to do the 'good' thing when they are the only one who can intervene in a situation.
UNTIL Meta incident file #1783
Police had a building containing a gang of gunmen and hostages surrounded. They state they did not see anyone go in or out. However after 1 hour 17 minutes of standoff a hostage yelled that they were coming out: they had been saved by a hero. Hostage accounts state that the gun of the criminal keeping them tied up in a room had simply vanished, replaced by, by all accounts, a marble.. which fell immediately to the ground. One witness reports seeing a fly right before a small humanoid lizard appeared by the confused ex-gunman who was swiftly felled by a series of blows from the agile humanoid reptile, who then picked up the marble and by all accounts turned it into a rope with which he used to bind the unconscious gunman. They were apparently told to 'stay in the room and be quiet' before the reptile exited the room. They heard a brief scuffle and a gunshot before the reptile returned and told them it was 'safe to go now' after removing their restraints. One hostage asked him who he was, at which point he replied with the name 'Shift'.
This is one of a handful of reports we have of this 'Shift' acting heroic, however the individual seems to not identify themselves as such. End File
Background
Of unknown background, shift reveals little.
Opening UNTIL Meta Report #482
Operative Name: Agent McKen, affiliated with Project Mindgames, Empath and minor Mindreader
Location: England, a small town in Yorkshire
My partner tracked down the individual known as 'Shift' or 'Shifter' (both have been used as identification, seemingly depending on the meta's mood) to a small town pub in Yorkshire. The individual appeared as a human female of approximately 25 years old with brown shoulder length hair. I was able to identify the individual at first by the bag they were carrying, which had been seen one week prior during the last sighting of the individual during a meta combat incident in Manchester, where they appeared as a young man with short sandy hair. I the tried a brief sensing of their emotions and mind. However the individual seemed to notice the mental scanning and raised a clear mind block: side note, Shift/Shifter seems to have a very strong willpower and seemed to be able to notice my mental probing, likely has experience with or dealings with a psionic meta.
When approached Shift seemed guarded, my empathy could pick up their unease. I introduced myself by a false civilian name, and they did likewise. I then proceeded to engage the subject in conversation, using my empathy to gain as much information as possible. Shift however seemed fairly experienced at deception, but I could make out a few things. First, I am reasonably sure Shifter is English: their accent and knowledge of lingo etc seemed too good and Shift has been reasonably confirmed in England more than any other place. Secondly, the individual seemed socially uncomfortable, with more incidents of anxiety than usual even before I mentioned I was an agent of UNTIL. When I did mention that fact I was from UNTIL my empathy picked up an uncomfortable amount of anxiety and distrust, soon ending the conversation and leaving the pub. I was not able to track their location afterwards.
End File
Appearance
Shifters appearance can vary at will.
Powers
Transformation Set
Shifts power is transformation power. This power requires copying forms to work. All changes are completely perfect down to the tiniest atom: substance, DNA, material, everything. Shift can acquire a form in three ways, and once acquired a form is available for transformation permanently. The first is via touch, which acquires the form instantly. The second way is via mentally 'scanning' something in visual range (this scanning is technically classed as a magical sense and can be blocked via a barrier vs magic). This takes between 30 seconds and one minute, depending on the complexity of the thing being 'scanned', so a normal animal or a basic vehicle like a car would take 30 seconds. Something highly complex (such as a humanoid form due to their higher brain functions) or a high tech thing like a super jet would take one minute. This duration need not be consecutive. the third way is by imagination, however this method requires a lot of mental work and decision in order to fully cement the idea of the form in their mind, in fact it is this method that allows them to hybridize gained forms in their mind (such as combining an eagle and a human into a birdman).
Once they have acquired a form they can use the form perfectly and may even use its traits (such as by scanning a lizard and a human they could become a humanoid lizardfolk.) If copying a machine, they only acquire the base software required for it to run, and not any actual data that would be on a machine, such as important files.
- Shapeshifting
Shift/Shifter is a true shapeshifter, able to transform into anything: animal, vegetable or mineral. They can even become such things as the primeval elements such as water, fire or air. Regardless of the form, shifter is able to control their own body even when such control would be unnatural (such as when they transform into water). They can even transform into fully functional machines.
- Touch Transformation
Shift is able to transform other things they touch in the same manner as their own body. The one transformed has control over their body as natural when transformed into something living such as an animal. If transformed into something inanimate, they are unable to control themselves unless the inanimate object could potentially move, such as a machine/vehicle.. at which point shift can choose their level of control (from none as the normal machine to effectively being an animated machine/vehicle).
Shifter is also able to heal others via transforming their bodies back to a healthy state.
- Regeneration
Shift does regenerate damage sustained, and can also regenerate from mental and mystical/spiritual damage. They may also regenerate limbs and complex body parts such as eyes. The power also confers a very high resistance to poisons, venoms and diseases and they can adapt to combat these things very rapidly. However shifter is able to literally transform their body/mind/spirit to a healthy state, healing their body and completely purging poisons and diseases.
Standard healing rates: 10% body/20 minutes, 10% mind/20 minutes, 10% spirit/ 20 minutes
- Immortality
Shift's power renders them immune to ageing. Shift can also regenerate from a state of death: to body, mind or spirit, even where none of the latter two would remain. Should either of these occur they will automatically regenerate from a place where some of their body remains: usually the largest part if mind/spirit death occurs. If it is merely body death Shift is able to consciously choose to regenerate from a remaining body part of their choice. Due to this, Shifter keeps small hidden parts of their body from various forms around the world: long lasting parts such as locks of hair and feathers etc. This effectively makes them between a type 2 or 4 immortal[1] (in that they can be killed but only by a special means).
Skills
- Basic Martial Arts: Shift / Shifter does fight with more skill than someone untrained. A skilled martial artist would recognize a hint of jiu-jitsu and taekwondo amongst a hybrid combat style.
- Survival: Shift is adept at wilderness survival from many years of travel and experience.
- Geography: As a practised traveller, Shift has a very accurate mental map of the world and will usually know the locations of countries and major cities/large towns.
- Languages: Shifter has a knack for learning languages and has been known to speak in a number of languages.
Notes
- Shift is immune to others transformation type abilities due to having absolute control over transformation.
-Shift, as a very free spirit is not registered and is a staunch opponent of registration.
- Shifter can emulate physical super powers such as super strength, toughness and agility via enhancing their muscles / body and even some other super powers where they are natural to a form such as a dragon's fire breath. However I play to one hard rule: such things as super strength and toughness have limits compared to someone with these powers as their main power and Shift has to take on a form where they are possible: such as a bear manimal to gain super strength / toughness. So they cannot turn into a super with superspeed or energy blasts, but they may turn into an alien that has some super speed or energy blasts natural to their kind, but in doing so they would be mediocre blasts/speed.
To put it simply: Shift will always be second best to someone with these powers part of their concept. Shift is a jack of all trades master of none other than transformation.
- Shifter's 'base' form might be recognized as a Kobold (D&D 3rd / Pathfinder style). Most would just think he is a small lizardfolk though.
-Shift is a font of power of the bryallic concept-form of change/transformation. (very OOC knowledge, even Shift doesn't know). This basically makes Shift a top tier super. Shift plays to the 'incredibly powerful being who doesn't want to shake the boat and just wants to be left alone and live his own life' trope. Due to this, the player does not get involved in events etc as Shift is broken enough to be a deus ex machina.
