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BASICS

name
Tatyana Valeriyevna Sedova (Russia)
Tabula Rasa McLeod (USA)

alias
Taby

division
Exploration

occupation
Explorer
Gymnast (former)
MMA fighter (former)

age & dob
31, March 3 1992, Pisces

pronouns
They/them/she/her

family
Valeriy Sedov, father
Willow McLeod, mother
Nadia McLeod, sister
Rusty McLeod, brother

CONCEPT

Disgraced Olympic gymnast never looks before they leap.

POWERS

kinetic energy manipulation;

Absorption. Taby must absorb kinetic energy before she exerts it, either from being hit or hitting something. She can only do this if she's paying attention, and can only store so much energy before her absorption "caps out". While she can absorb the shock of a punch, fall, or projectile, she can still be injured when caught off-guard or hit with sufficient force (ie, by multiple bullets).

Concussive blast. She can exert kinetic energy to imbue her punches and kicks with incredible force.

Enhanced movement. Using stored kinetic energy, Taby can launch herself great distances, ricochet off solid surfaces, and execute masterful parkour.

unrealized applications

Transference. In theory she can transfer store energy to objects to imbue them with kinetic force (allowing her to, for example, throw objects as if they had been launched from a cannon).

PERSONALITY

Positive: Adventurous, confident, honest, passionate, unstoppable once she sets her mind on something.

Neutral: Extroverted, stubborn, fun-loving, indulgent, energetic.

Negative: Attention-seeking, unscrupulous, reckless, indelicate with other people's feelings, self-centered.

APPEARANCE

5'0"

Compact & muscular

Brown hair

Hazel eyes

HISTORY

💥 Born to two gymnasts, both nineteen at the time. They both retired early to raise her, settling in her mother's home nation of the United States, although she was born in Russia and has dual citizenship there. Her mother became a mildly successful romance author; her father became a gymnastics coach.

💥 In the gym since she could toddle. Taby showed an early aptitude for the sport, and her parents' squandered hopes wound up pinned on her. She trained hard and long, forgoing traditional schooling so she could focus on her training.

💥 An immediate powerhouse and fan favorite at the elite level. Easily made the US team for the 2008 Olympics, where they won silver in the team all-around. While many of her teammates retired following this Olympic Games, Taby continued on the elite circuit with hopes of repeating in 2012.

💥 She began manifesting signs of liminality in 2011 and chose to conceal this from the authorities for fear of being disqualified from the Olympics. It took her a few months to realize that her steady increase in performance was due to her liminal powers; at this point she disclosed her liminal status to her father (who was her coach at the time). He urged her to continue the lie through the end of the 2012 Olympic season and just not utilize her abilities.

💥 The US team won gold in 2012, but Taby's liminal status was ultimately discovered a few months after the Games. She was stripped of all her medals, and with her scores disqualified, the US team was retroactively bumped to second place. Following this scandal, the McLeod/Sedov family has been completely ostracized from the gymnastics community, and Taby and her father had a dramatic falling out that has never been reconciled.

💥 Taby was left deeply adrift after the scandal, with little practical life experience, no real friends, and no support system after being cut off by her father. She moved from her home state of California to New York City, where she ended up living with a bunch of other young liminals of questionable reputation.

💥 One of her roommates got her involved in the liminal MMA fighting circuit, where she was gainfully employed from 2013 to 2020. Being a tiny high-energy powerhouse won her a second fan base and some of the athletic recognition back which she so desperately craved, but there was no doubt that this activity was a little bit of a maladaptive coping strategy for her.

💥 A bad injury put her out of commission for six months, during which time she once again contemplated what she wanted to actually do with her life. She's had a handful of short-lived careers over the last few years, including consulting for film and television, social media influencing, and some advocacy work.

💥 Now, she's at Enodia for the first time, a fresh recruit for a fresh start for the station.

NOTES

💥 Olympic medals: 2008 team silver, AA silver, BB gold, UB bronze, FX gold, V bronze. 2012 team gold, AA gold, BB gold, FX silver, V silver.

OOC

JJ . Pacific . Melanie Scrofano . jj#5656 or dropbox

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