Background and Personality

(Magistress Maxima) Paragon City, specifically Kings Row, in 1993

(M-2) Also Kings Row, '95

(Jani Sigma) Galaxy City, '95

(all) Nope, only children all. At least the 3 I mentioned above. I have others, and vague plans for more, without fully fleshed-out stories as of yet. I -think- (it's been so long since I played either) that Lame d'Ombre and Etoile du Nord are sibs (sister and brother, respectively).

(all) No. Maxima is considering a cat, probably black, because she's a mystic, and, y'know, witches and familiars...

(M-2) I don't talk to 'em much anymore. They don't approve of my hero lifestyle. The Young Phalanx were like a family to me, but I haven't seen the guys in so long, dunno if they're still even around.

(Jani Sigma) My sitch is even less good than M-2's. Been kinda on my own for the past couple years, just me, M-2, and for a while, the YP. I've been outta commission for a while too, so I know my boy's still there for me, but I don't know about Boomer and the rest.

(Maxima) Yeah, I'm still in good with my folks. Sucks to hear about you guys' situation, and if there's anything I or ANM can do, you just give me a comm, 'kay? Anyways, my folks are fully supportive of my work, though I guess they get worried, understandably, I mean I'm putting myself in a dangerous situation here. But mom, dad, you've gotta realize, I've got powers, I've been studying the old grimoires the wizard left me, so I'm not gonna die on ya. Plus, the city's got those med transport things set up, so I'm cool.

(this one could use some clarifying, or else I'm just not getting your intent)

(M-2) In civvies, I go pretty casual. Just like... jeans or sweats, board shorts in the summer, tees, tanks, all that kinda stuff. I do like to keep a bit of a theme going, there's usually some kinda spot, somewhere on the clothes, that matches my uniform color. On duty, I'm like... a younger mirror of my inspiration, Manticore. Fancier times, like the Winter Gala and such, a Manticolored tux (y'see what I did there? heh-heh...) and maybe a domino mask to hide my identity if it's a capes'n'tights kinda party.

(Jani Sigma) Yeah, I'm kinda easygoing when it comes to fashion. You see all these girls go nuts, all 'Eee! New Prada bag, must have!'? That is so not me. I keep it simple. Nothing fancy, lot of basic black (some heroes who shall remain nameless have called me Goth girl or Emo kid because of that decision, but it's my life, it's my style, you know?) and stuff like that. 'Course the glasses, both in my civvies and on-duty. I don't really -have- a secret ID as such anymore, I'm Sigma on the streets, Sigma in the sky, and Sigma in the field.

(Maxima) On duty, it's mystic raiments kinda loosely inspired by comic book sorcerers and by the pictures in the old grimoires I mentioned in that aside to my 'rents a bit back. Off duty, I'm casual, clean, and relaxed. I don't like to get too crazy-elaborate, plus I don't really have a lot of money (you'd think it'd be simple, I'm a mystic, why can't I just 'zap' some money up? But it's not that easy, can't exactly use my powers for personal gain, it's called the Threefold Rule - misuse my power, and it'll come back on me three times as harsh later. Plus, I'm still mastering fire, lightning, and getting myself from place to place, you know?) and that can be kind of a barrier.

[quoteDo they have any birthmarks, tattoos or scars? If so, how did they get them?[/quote]
(all) nope

(M-2) Love my Mountain Dew, 'specially the Amp line. Keeps the ol' energy up for 'work', y'know? Definitely a fan of Starbucks too, I love the caramel, java chip, and vanilla bean frappuccinos. The chocolate pretzel sticks are good too. But really, if I want to name a favorite snack of all time, I'd say a good old-fashioned hot soft pretzel, or an 'American' apple pie.

(Jani Sigma) That kind of snacking is gonna have you too big for your uniform one of these days, babe. Now me, I like a good piece of fruit, I'll take an apple, pear, banana, you get the idea, over some sugary, high-calorie snack any day. But I have to admit, I do have one vice, good thing it's not available all the time: I love, love the bacon mushroom melt at Wendy's. If I didn't have a figure to look out for, and wasn't worried about all that grease and cholesterol leading to early heart problems, I could eat those every meal.

(Maxima) My vice is simple: chocolate. Any girl, and even a lot of guys, will tell you it's nearly the best thing Man has invented, as far as food goes. Especially when it's wrapped around caramel or peanut butter... Oh, yeah, took a vacation up to Canada with my folks last year, and in British Columbia (beautiful place, but that's another story), there's this chocolatier called Rogers' Chocolates? They have this one bite-size little treat, it's a drop of caramel, wrapped in chocolate, and topped with Himalayan pink salt. It is the best thing I'd ever tasted, let me tell you! And I heard from a pen-pal I have up there (someone I met while I was there, we started writing each other when I got back), they're starting to sell one that's the same thing, but with peanut butter instead of caramel. She said it was amazing...

(M-2) I like a lot of different types of music. I'm really into Nine Inch Nails circa Year Zero/The Slip right now, and some dance type music, you know, like Basshunter, Armin Van Buuren, Darude, and so on.

(Jani Sigma) Yeah, those NIN albums rock, but you know, I can't agree on the dance music stuff... I hear it, all I hear is noise. Yeah, like right now, he's playing freakin' 'Going Wrong' now. Good lyrics, but that bass overload, the 'bomp, bomp, bomp' and 'zweeee' sounds of the whole freakin' genre... I dunno how anyone can listen. I mean it's good on paper, but then you add the music... I do like Linkin Park, though I haven't heard the new album yet. And... Ugh... Can't believe I'm admitting this... I do like some of the 'boy band' junk out there...

(Maxima) I'm a music lover in general. There's not a piece of music I listen to that I don't like. Right now, though, classical and Celtic sounds are helping me study a lot, so I have to give them a plug, right?

(M-2) I blow off steam. I take it to the streets extra hard. Let's say... PPD and the big-name heroes like it when I'm angry. Bad guys? Not so much.

(JS) I know, I've been there. I tend to do the same, unless I'm already in an emotional place that day, say I just watched a tearjerker of a movie, or something. That's when I pretty much shut myself away for the day. Sometimes my boy manages to slip in and... well, that's another story, probably not something to talk about in an interview like this...

(Maxima) Oh, my, god, you did not just... Sigma, you are nasty! Though I guess that probably does a bit of 'blowing off steam' in its own right, huh? Huh? Hehe... Yeah... I go for a fly, or hit up the Astral Plane for a while, meditate... Study my lessons... Once in a while, if I'm -really- mad, I'll do like M-2 and hit the streets hard.

(M-2) Me, afraid? Ha ha... I eat fear for breakfast!

(JS) He lies... He's afraid of heights, the big baby... Yeah, the guy with the antigrav in his suit is afraid of heights. And until he met me, he did kinda have a bit of a 'girl-phobia' thing going. It was cute, but kinda annoying. I had to really work to crack his shell there. It was worth it, though. As for me... I've kinda got a thing about the three S'es: spiders, snakes, and scorpions.

(Maxima) I fear not mastering my abilities in time to help the other heroes against what is to come. The night my powers awakened, I had a vision in a dream. Invasion, on multiple fronts... And as I've seen, one of these fronts has begun already: the Rikti.

(M-2, JS) Sometimes it's each other, sometimes it's the wacky stories we heard around the YP base.

(Maxima) These two. They're all over each other, but the previous questions show they don't really have a heck of a lot in common.

(M-2) I don't like these people who, when you rescue them from bein' mugged or what-have-you, they say crap like 'Maybe I was wrong about capes'. I mean geez, buddy, we're all over the city, savin' people left and right, puttin' out fires the freakin' fire department oughtta be dealin' with, fightin' off invading Rikti and crap, and it takes me swooping in and personally rescuing -you- before you start to think heroes are good for the city?

(JS) I totally agree with my boy. These people call us to help, we do, and they act like they expected us to join in and try to take their crappy purse or whatever.

(Maxima) People who don't realize that without the people, we'd be nothing. We're not heroes if there's no one to rescue. But yeah, that whole 'I guess I was wrong about capes' thing does get under my skin a bit...

(All) Not really.

(M-2) Some things get to me pretty easy, but overall, I'm not like a hothead goin' off on the slightest provocation or anything.

(JS) I'm with him. It really depends on the situation. These questions are gettin' pretty close to that point, though...

(Maxima) I'm a calm person. Especially since I started meditating and studying the grimoires and such. I have to be, really.

(M-2) I do like someone who knows how to hold their own in a fight. Guess that's why Jani and I get on so well. That and the... yeah, not for this interview.

(JS) Hey, there's more to us than fighting and... that... But yeah, skills are a good thing, and someone who knows the difference between a girl who just likes black, and a goth chick.

(Maxima) Kindness, strength of both body and spirit, and a strong sense of right and wrong, are qualities I admire.

(M-2) I used to bite my nails a lot. Not so much anymore.

(JS) Dunno... Would you consider fighting crime a 'bad habit'? I mean when it's putting your life in danger, not just in general.

(Maxima) I'm relatively habit-free. I've kind of picked up a habit of imitating those comic-book sorcerers, with the portentous-sounding phrases like 'By the Searing Seas of Syrax!' and such, but... aside from that...

(M-2) My bow, for sure. Really oughtta upgrade to something more modern, say a crossbow or something, but it's my homage to my inspiration. That, and my girl, but she's not really a 'possession'.

(JS) My boy for sure. *tongue out* If you can say me, I can say you. Really though, I dunno, I don't really put a lot of value in possessions.

(Maxima) The old grimoires, my camera, my grandma's old radio...

(M-2) Jani, the YP (though I haven't talked to them in ages), myself.

(JS) My boy, the YP, me.

(Maxima) My Canadian penpal, my ANM teammates, and everyone who's helped me get where I am today.

(M-2) I'm more of a nomad these days. No 'spot' per se.

(JS) Same here. I like to move around.

(Maxima) I'm fond of the top of Atlas' globe in Atlas Plaza, Pocket D, Silver Lake, Platinum Lake, and Royal Overlook (the last three, as you know, all in Steel Canyon).

(M-2) I talk pretty normal, I think. I do sometimes drop the 'g' on some verbs, bit I'm thinkin' that's still pretty normal, huh?

(JS) I'm kinda the same way as my boy there, but a bit less with the 'g'-dropping.

(Maxima) So yeah... you know the stereotypical 'teen girl language'? Not quite that, but not 'not-that'. On occasion I do throw in a bit of what tvtropes calls 'Buffyspeak', like... a thing that uses Buffyspeak.

(M-2) Used to be I was kinda both, more outgoing but when around the ladies I kinda turned inward. Now I'm a social animal, for the most part. Though I'm a lot more open in the privacy of the room me and Jani share.

(JS) I was never an introvert, but since me and my boy met we've both made big steps into dealing with other people.

(Maxima) I'm a social person, I enjoy talking to, and working with, other heroes, and non-powered people too. I'm better when I'm with someone who sees/feels the flow of the mystical energies like I do, though, because it's like... I don't have to explain everything, we can just talk about normal stuff, strategize if we're working together without me having to be all 'hey, the aura on that guy is darker, maybe he's in charge, we should take him out' and all that.

(all) Can you really be a hero if you're not open and honest? I mean we all have to keep some secrets, like our real identities and such, but other than that kinda thing...

(M-2) Think so... I don't think I'm hiding anything from myself, and if I was, Jani knows me well enough that she'd see it, and I trust her to tell me.

(JS) Yep, both of us are pretty true to ourselves, and each other.

(Maxima) Honesty to oneself is part of the creed of my ancestors. If I'm to be like them, I have to follow that.

(all) Well I mean you don't often have to rescue powered individuals from muggers, but other than that, we're non-biased.

(All) We respect them, and when they need us we're always there to lend a hand. They really should get a few capes on their payroll though, so they're not -always- asking us for help.

(all) Cautiously. Not fearfully, but cautiously.

(M-2) Money helps me keep up with the latest demands in crimefighting. I can't exactly handle a flying living flamethrower with burning arrows and no flight capability, can I?

(JS) I mean I'm glad my boy's got some income, keepin' us on top of the latest tech for the job, but 'things' don't really matter to me so much these days, between learning to live without them, and having the job and my boy to keep me occupied.

(Maxima) To be truly enlightened, one must cast off the need for material possessions... Guess I'm not -that- enlightened yet, I still love my TV, my gaming stuff, clothes, still hoping I can earn enough (or sweet-talk the 'rents) to get a car...

Questions i might add:
What species is your character?
What is their general moral code?
i would also change "What do they think of the Police?" to "What do they think of the local authorities/government?"

Teach me to skim... But at least I did satisfy curiosity based upon the part that you emphasized, anyway. I'd add more questions (and probably answer them, just because I answered the originals), but I just woke up and am not feeling the creative juices at the moment.

As for your own questions, just for completion's sake: All human (the three whose perspective I've posted before, and most of my other alts), and most of my heroes are either Gray and Grey Morality or straight-up Black and White Morality, and my villains are the opposite side of a B&WM. My Praetorian, Target Hunter, is more of a 'money and not-money morality' type.