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Pepper Potts || MCU || Reserved || 1/???
Contact Info: Druerylane@gmail.com, Plurk: Bluekachu
Other Characters Played: N/A
Requested apartment: N/A (If someone wants her moved it'll probably happen)
Character Name: Virginia "Pepper" Potts
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: The end of Iron Man 3 (Right before the 'clean slate protocol' is executed)
Background/History: MCU universe
Pepper's MCU wiki
Re: Pepper Potts || MCU || Reserved || 2/???
Due to her being a strong 'alpha' type personality (and in my estimation most likely a Libra) she has a strong drive to be right. Because of this she has gained an incredibly strong work ethic and is often either in charge of things or the person organizing things in the background. This personality type also lends her to have difficulty 'unwinding'. Pepper rarely just enjoys things for the sake of enjoying them. She will often times be thinking twelve steps ahead of the current situation and organizing the next three steps while others are reveling in the triumph of what has just been accomplished. (This is something she has been told she needs to work on 'enjoying the moment' as it was termed.) Pepper isn't unhappy about this part of herself. In fact, she actually enjoys what she does and is happy with the person that she is. She enjoys planning things out and watching them develop just the way that she has planned them to. To Pepper, watching a perfectly executed plan is often times more enjoyable then going to a party and letting loose. This isn't to say that Pepper doesn't enjoy socializing. She enjoys it very much in fact; she simply is the type to enjoy a more controlled party rather than one that is out of her control. When Pepper is in a situation that is outside of her control she will do her utmost to regain that control and to calm everyone down.
Even though Pepper can be strong willed and occasionally hard headed she is also very aware of her surroundings and a very caring person. She's the sort of person who would remember your name and birthday even if she's only met you a few times. Even though Pepper has only met with Phil a few times she makes sure to talk to him and treat him like a dear friend. She knows not only his first name but also intimate parts of his life (such as the fact that he was dating a cellist who lived in Seattle). Pepper clearly wishes to ensure that those around her feel valuable and secure. With this comes her amazing ability to diffuse any situation (Unless there are giant metal suits involved). She can easily swap between being personally involved in a situation and putting on a 'work face' for the press and the surrounding people so as to calm things down and allow the world to keep going, even if she's still emotionally holding her breath.
One of the most interesting things about Pepper is how different her reactions are from what others would consider normal. When she's happy the corners of her eyes crinkle and she looks as if she is about to cry. When she's angry she looks stern and frustrated, and when she's sad or depressed she oftentimes simply looks terribly confused. To Pepper, simple things can make her happy. Most prominent is being able to have a chat with a good friend. Pepper has the ability to make friends easily. She has an easy smile and is very expressive as well as a strong and just good listener. She invests herself in their lives and the conversations that she has with them. She's the type of person who will remember your birthday after being told it once offhandedly and even send you a present on that day. She's thoughtful, kind and caring in ways that extend beyond herself. She wants those around her to know that they are cared about and appreciated and she makes sure that they do know it.
Pepper has a unique way of showing her displeasure, especially with Tony. It's never obvious and always tongue in cheek. With that same pleasant smile that she happily asked about someone's son she will pleasantly point out another person (usually Tony's) fault, and request for them to cut it out. Pepper is always professional at work. With her ability to make others feel at ease and her simple and kind way of guiding people in the right direction she keeps everyone on track and runs Stark enterprises while Tony hides in his workshop and comes up with his next greatest idea.
When Pepper is truly upset or frustrated or flustered she tends to become more physically animated when she talks. She also tends to purse her lips together in a tight look that causes the small wrinkles to pull at the sides of her mouth. Pepper's speech patterns tend to start to stutter more and she becomes very flustered. One could say that it's almost as if someone has pushed a 'reset' button on Pepper and she has to 'reboot' before she can regain her composure and attempt to find her ground in the situation. Be that raking control again from the situation or relegating herself to the background and watching or even taking orders and removing herself from the situation altogether.
Pepper is the sort of person who does her best to hide her emotional upheaval. For Pepper, falling apart is something that you do in private, or only with those you truly trust and can let your defenses down around (for her there are approximately 2 people who she feels she could burden with her issues). Pepper will continue to keep a brave and false face in public until she is alone and able to simply fall apart. In some cases she will simply take a private moment to shatter away from the eyes of others before collecting herself back up again and moving on with things.
Pepper has been known to raise her voice, but I wouldn't call it yelling. She takes on more of an angry parent tone or, as it's often times termed a 'mom tone'. It's strong and forceful and raised above the normal speaking tone of voice, but it's also not entirely screaming. She tends to do this during heated moments or when someone is being particularly stupid or reckless.
Pepper oftentimes relegates herself to the background when making interpersonal relationships. She'll make her connections with other 'background people' rather then making connections with the big names she comes in contact with. She understands that these people are just as important because she's been one of them for over ten years. In regards to some she just genuinely enjoys their companionship; others it's a matter of what needs to be done. Even if she isn't pleased to be around someone she will do her utmost to react with professionalism and decorum. It's often hard to tell if Pepper dislikes someone unless you know her body language and expressions well.
When Pepper loves someone she loves them deeply and completely. When it comes to her relationship with Tony she would never even think of looking at another man. To Pepper, Tony is all she wants, faults and everything. She may quip and complain about him, but it is mostly in fun. She's actually very proud of the man that he's become since returning from Afghanistan. What she can't stand however, is when Tony shuts her out.
To Pepper, being able to help those she loves and cares for is important. The shutting out that Tony does to her in regards to the events of New York are more than just his 'typical coping mechanism'. It is something that she thought they were past. Yet even while she is hurt by his actions she's still willing to stand by his side (even if she's short tempered most of the time and frustrated). She keeps a hope that slowly he will open up to her and let her help to heal the wounds that were opened by the battle of New York.
Pepper is an incredibly organized woman. This probably stems from the fact that she's in charge of not just one, but two lives. Without Pepper, Tony Stark would probably not be able to find anything (A fact that is pointed out in the first movie during the dance scene). She's his organization and even while he's trying to destroy himself in Iron Man 2 she's doing damage control. Taking care of him is a bit like taking care of her own over sized child.
Pepper is not a technological savant like the people she works with and is generally surrounded by, but she's brilliant in a lot of other different areas and tends to focus on each one separately. Pepper is aware that she isn't unintelligent, but she also knows that for her, it takes a lot of work to be able to understand those around her. While Pepper has learned quite a bit by being around Tony and the other super intelligent people at Stark Industries she knows that there is still much she has to learn. In her new position as CEO of Stark Industries she has learned to listen to the technological jargon that is spoken to her on a daily basis and pull out the important points. She is also not afraid to ask questions in regards to the things that they are telling her.
Because of all the time she spends around Tony and around Stark Industries Pepper also tends to thinks less of her intelligence then she might have if she were in a different company. In all honesty Pepper is highly intelligent in her own right, but there are different types of intelligences in the world and Pepper's intelligence is very different from those employed at Stark Industries. The people that Pepper works with have a higher intellect in mechanics, bioengineering, theoretical physics … etc. then what would be found in a typical employment for someone like Pepper. Because of this she has an oddly skewed idea of her own intelligence. If one were to sum up Pepper in regards to her intelligence, that word would be humble. If asked she would say that she's simply giving credit where credit is due (in the source of the inspiration, the hands that made it happen. To Pepper it's rarely a one man effort, it's collaborative and everyone who pitched in is responsible for the success.), but those outside of her would easily give her the credit for her efforts (unless that outside person was a brat).
In her downtime (which isn't much or often) Pepper tends to enjoy quiet activities. Pepper honestly enjoyed curating Tony's art collection (or did before he donated it to the Boy Scouts of America), which is why she was so upset when it was no longer available for her to curate. She tends to have a taste for the finer things in life as well, choosing to spend money on expensive clothing rather then on frivolous things like video games. This doesn't mean that she doesn't know how to save her money. She's very good at that actually. She will simply save for what she wants if she doesn't have the money readily available without having to dip into her savings fund.
Re: Pepper Potts || MCU || Reserved || 3/???
Pepper's strongest skill set is clerical, managerial, and organizational. She is the only person who can manage Tony Stark and the only one who can get him to do anything without force, coercion, or bribery.
Pepper is one of (it seems) the only people who Tony respects and trusts. She's oddly not afraid of anyone who is more powerful than she is. She's the sort of person who could (more than likely) stand down a God himself and still get him to file the right paperwork in triplicate. Pepper is fully capable of verbally dealing with anyone in power who she feels needs to be given a 'talking to'. Even when chastising someone she is able to (generally) maintain a professional decorum.
Pepper is capable of not only understanding, but also empathizing with others to a strong degree. She cares deeply for others and strongly wants to help any way that she can. In truth, sometimes Pepper becomes too attached to others and it is difficult for her to really pull away. While this is true she tries very hard to hide these feelings.
Pepper is capable of taking a lot of emotional stress before showing even the smallest crack in her professional face, and even then she does it with strength and dignity. It is only when she is with those she's most comfortable that she will show how truly emotionally stressed out that she is. This ability is also a strong liability for Pepper. She tends to keep everything so tightly inside of herself that when she finally does snap, it's to a degree that it is an intense and emotionally draining situation.
Pepper is extremely curious. This can be both good and bad. While being curious is good, she tends to not entirely realize when she is in danger (this also plays into her sense of duty as well). She will stay in a potentially dangerous situation in order to ensure the safety of others, or get closer to a dangerous object simply because she doesn't know what it is.
When not under the influence of the Extremis DNA recoding Pepper is not a fighter. She is more likely to run from a fight then to participate in it and is easily overpowered by others (Extremis not withstanding). To this end she often times needs saving from others when put in a dangerous situation. Because of this she tries very hard to stay out of situations that might endanger her (this doesn't work very well most of the time.)
Pepper recently joined the world of super beings when a man known as Aldrich Killian injected her with an experimental genetic rewriting process serum known as Extremis. The capabilities for Extremis are listed below and found on the Marvel Wiki.
Regenerative Healing: The Extremis virus imparts incredible restorative capabilities upon the host organism, which was its primary original intention. Superficial wounds close over and heal completely in a matter of seconds, and severed limbs can take minutes to regrow, although particularly extensive damage- such as when Tony shot an Extremis-enhanced soldier through the heart with a chest repulsor- would not be healed.
Exothermic Manipulation: Hosts of the Extremis virus are able to consciously raise the temperature of parts of their bodies. The effect can be controlled to the extent that it might only scorch skin, or increased to the point where it can cause steel to turn into a molten state.
Superhuman Strength: (Only when Extremis is active) The Extremis virus enhances the muscular power of the host considerably. The extent appears to vary within marginal limits, but most have demonstrated the ability to hoist the weight of a human male effortlessly in one hand and hurl such a weight across a room, as well as engage the Iron Man armors in battle without weapons.
Enhanced Agility:(Only when Extremis is active) The Extremis virus enhances musculature to become more powerful in its motion, granting the host marginally enhanced agility.
Even in cases where Extremis has bonded to the host (as in Pepper's case) there is a potential for the compound to become unstable and detonate the host subject. (This is known as going 'too hot'.)
Because the MCU has it as being a DNA altering serum akin to the supersoldier serum used on Steve Rodgers I feel that is it not likely for the serum to be cured. According to Maya she is a DNA recoder, this means that she is altering the DNA of the human body. Also, according to the website that I am using as a reference it states that Pepper has been stabilized, not cured.
It should be noted that Pepper is not the sort of person to use her super powers if she can manage without them. More likely than not any use of her super abilities would be either in an accident or an emergency situation. In most situations she will rely on her more human abilities than anything else.
Re: Pepper Potts || MCU || Reserved || 4/4
Sample Entry: [As soon as the voice function turns on Pepper's voice speaks. It sounds forced calm, but stable and professional; as if she's used to making announcements.]
My name is Pepper Potts. I'm going to forgo what are probably the traditional questions about how I got here in lieu of something more important. I'm looking for a man named Tony Stark, [A short pause.] or someone familiar with DNA recoding. It's very important that I find one, or both as soon as possible.
[There's a small pause as if Pepper is pondering saying more before she adds:]
I'd also appreciate it if someone could point me in the direction of somewhere I could get a warm shower.
Sample Entry Two: The first thing that Pepper did with her phone was to look through the thing. She saw the pictures; most of them not meaning much to her, but a few jump out. She recognized them from the coverage of the battle for New York. Thor and Captain America. It's a safe bet that one of them can tell her what's going on here. Her lips pressed together tightly as she noted a lack of Tony's picture there. She still hadn't had time to determine if that was a good thing or a bad thing. All she knew was that she needed him; or some kind of genius who can fix what Killian had done to her. She didn't know much about Extremis, but she knew from the snippets of conversation she heard that the serum was unstable. Now that instability was flowing through her and there wasn't anything she could do about it. Not without help at least. Tony had said that he could fix her, but Tony wasn't here. She'd have to find a way to get through this on her own.
The frown lines pressed deeper into her cheeks as she finished her preliminary search through the phone. There really wasn't much history in the thing for her to use to acclimate herself to this place with. Mostly people seemed to be fending for themselves and making tongue in cheek comments about it. She had managed to glean that it was called Haven; but how she got there was still a complete mystery. She frowned at the lack of a text function. How people were meant to record things and organize themselves around here seemed to be another mystery. Or maybe not; maybe the governing body or whatever passed for it was trying to control the information flow. Maybe they just didn't want anyone to record anything or be organized. The thought sat badly with her.
In any event it didn't much matter what sat with her, she would have to present her ash covered unkempt self to the world if she wanted information. It was another thing that didn't sit well with her. She was a woman of presentation and presenting someone who was less then well put together wasn't something she wanted to allow. She did her best to rub the ash from her face and neck and pulled back her hair, combing her fingers through it to smooth it as best she could. She didn't have any make up, but she'd have to make do without. Finally, she closed her eyes and took several stabilizing breaths before turning on the voice function on the phone.
“Good afternoon, my name is Pepper Potts and I'm looking for someone familiar with DNA recoding.”
-> ACCEPTED