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Monet St. Croix | Marvel 616 + CRAU | not reserved
Contact Info: inasinglebound @ plurk
Other Characters Played: Rose Wilson (DCU), apping Bucky Barnes (MCU) this round
Requested apartment: With Peter Parker please. If that's not possible, 15.3 will do fine.
Character Name: Monet Saint-Croix, codename "M".
Canon: Marvel Comics (616)
Canon Point: X-Factor #210.
Background/History: here.
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Monet spent approximately six months in Keeliai, a city on the back of a giant travelling turtle. She'd been recruited by the Ironwood Emperor, Eshai, to fight the evil Malicant before it destroyed that world, and moved on to all worlds. She was extremely unimpressed by the kidnapping, immediately suspicious of everyone else there except her teammates Rictor and Layla, both of whom arrived in the same month she did.
On the surface she seems as much of an ice queen as she is in canon, but there've been numerous small changes. The first one being she maintains a cool, polite professionalism as her default outward demeanour instead of outright hostility. The vast majority of Keeliai's population and all the NPCs were not baseline human, and furthermore weren't aware of the negative connotations/baggage behind being a mutant from Marvel 616. People sympathised with the oppression instead of encouraging or condoning it, they saw her for her rather than just another freak. That went a long way to softening her. Nobody went after her friends, either, and when not constantly concerned about what threats faced them from other people she could put her time and resources into actually getting real work done instead of posturing.
In canon she serves primarily as the muscle of the team, but when that responsibility no longer existed she took on a different role: that of its tactician. Monet immediately kept herself busy by gathering her own intelligence, setting up a system of informants, and making allies amongst the population, exactly what her mentor Sean Cassidy (who's ex-Interpol) would have done in that situation. She eventually worked out a mutually beneficial arrangement with the Alderwood Emperor, and was privy to much that went on in Keeliai.
Furthermore, the characters had to be more trusting of others as they had little context or background into the worlds some residents had come from, and it would mean the end of the world if they didn't pull together to survive. Monet learnt to take chances and it paid off when she befriended Kal-El (DCU), Leonardo (TMNT 2003), and James T. Kirk (Star Trek AOS). Unexpectedly, she was civil towards Sharon Carter and Tony Stark (both of 616). A fresh out of canon Monet would never even consider for a second that either was trustworthy due to their ties to SHIELD, and while she'd never trust them implicitly, she afforded them her respect and assistance.
Monet is someone who reflects those she's around: the presence of a better emotional support system in Keeliai than she had previously went a long way into helping her unlearn her unhealthy emotional coping mechanisms. She lost her temper less often, she was more willing to be patient with those she would have dismissed previously. She was also more willing to extend kindness openly, and gave her protection much more freely instead of just the ones she felt deserved it. She moved towards the much lighter side of morally grey. There was some regression occasionally, whenever a painful reminder of what her life in canon was like surfaced, but it was short-lived and grew less frequent as the months passed.
She became extremely close to her teammate Layla Miller. Layla represents everything Monet hates: acceptance of one's fate and place in the world and no desire to change it. She is a reminder that they are all at the mercy of forces beyond their control, and Monet doesn't deal well with losing her autonomy. Their antagonism and distrust eventually cooled off to become good-natured banter and mutual respect. Monet was hit hard when Layla disappeared from Keeliai.
Two other major events:
- She and Leonardo were transported into an illusion that showed a "mirror" Monet: who she would have been if she didn't care for the autonomy of others, lacked any compassion, and was so fearful of losing people so much she had her friends under her telepathic control. In canon, Monet fears people seeing her weaknesses. She did not threaten Leo, but neither did she expect support from him, and was pleasantly surprised when he took her side and did not, as she feared, use her vulnerability against her.
- Kal-El's mirror self murdered her and Rictor. She was revived and none too pleased, but after six months of character development she was in a position to deal with it without regressing to her "M" persona.
Canon Monet would have disdainfully remarked she was becoming one of those "superhero types". Monet fresh from Keeliai would just smirk and say so sue her.
Personality:
Looking at Monet, one sees her "M" persona first: an arrogant, spoilt, beautiful young woman with an extensive list of mutant powers to back her up when she gets into trouble. She likes being difficult to relate to and "insufferably smug", and nearly everyone who speaks to her feels like she's sitting on a throne and treating them like peons.
This is her armour.
Monet spent the formative years of her adolescence imprisoned by her brother Marius. She was mute, chained up, and he used her as a food source, frequently telling her it was her just punishment for refusing to join in him in world domination. Her telepathy protects her from becoming one of his thralls, but has the unfortunate side effect of keeping her awake and alive for several years despite having no exposure to food, water, or sunlight. When she escaped, she was feral, but not without a sense of self. She was found by Generation X, and joined them until she was finally returned to her own body at the age of eighteen. Afraid that they would exploit her vulnerabilities, she became self-reliant, and outwardly abrasive. She created "M" to protect her, because to her, a perfect being such as M would never have anything to fear from the world.
And there's really plenty to be afraid of. Being a mutant in Marvel 616 sucks. Not only do humans hate you, there's giant killer Sentinels roaming around, there was a virus created specifically to destroy mutants, people from the future come back with stories of mutant concentration camps, and there's frequent persecution of all kinds. Everywhere one turns something is going horribly wrong for a mutant, and most of them rarely make it to 30. Rich and powerful though she might be, she's every bit at risk as any other mutant, and so she demands to be seen as a threat. And having lost so many close to her, she has no sympathy left for humans. It's better that they fear her, because then at least people see her as a person.
Despite growing close with Generation X and later, X-Factor, Monet remains highly distrustful of others. She protects those she feels require her protection, tolerates the people she sees as useful, everyone else, she dismisses. She’s proud of who she is, but also lives with the knowledge that she's not completely invincible. While she was protected from violence in her early years due to her father’s position, she is no stranger to the harsh reality of the world they live in, and after what Marius did to her, she never wants to be seen as a target, by anyone. During the early issues of X-Factor she doesn't outwardly show much of any other emotion other than contempt, or pride.
Monet is extremely stubborn. Once she’s set her mind to something, it is next to impossible to dissuade her, even with reason. When her father had been kidnapped by Mordo, Monet promised she would let him feed on her if he helped them all escape from a bomb. Despite her teammates’ protests that she would die if she kept her promise, she intended to go through with it anyway until Layla subtly suggested another option. She's less morally grey than she likes to think she is: being fiercely devoted to her principles, instilled in her by her mentors Emma Frost and Sean Cassidy, both of whom she admires deeply. She looks to Sean as a second father; she describes their relationship as being stronger than the one he had with his own biological daughter.
Monet is warmer and kinder to the people she thinks deserve it. As a telepath (and a powerful one), she is acutely aware of every little anxiety that passes through the human mind on a daily basis. Combined with her enhanced hearing, she's attuned to the buzz of humanity on a deep level. She has an excellent understanding of the human psyche and will employ every tool in her considerable arsenal when dealing with people. She has a soft spot for strays, women who've suffered, and people who've lost their place in their world.
She has a strong sense of noblesse oblige. One of her clients remarks to Jamie Madrox, "I wish Ms. Saint-Croix was here, at least she'd be committed to my cause. You just want money." Monet would of course deny everything, and be secretly horrified her reputation isn't as fearsome as she'd like, but she would never miss an opportunity to extend compassion. She won't stand by and watch someone be hurt. She’ll do everything in her considerable power to help them, whether the action is legal or not, and she takes great joy in bringing her wrath down upon a wrongdoer. Monet believes that those who prey on the defenceless shouldn’t be shown any mercy. As a private investigator, she’s encountered several in that category and her conviction has only solidified. When confronting a man who had burnt down a building in a mutant residential area, Monet crucified him without hesitation. During her first case for X-Factor, she projected a horrific psychic illusion of the murder victim into the perpetrator’s mind, forcing a confession. She’s not above using her money or her connections to avoid consequences for these actions, and she remains firmly unapologetic about committing them. It's notable that despite this tendency towards impulsive brutality, she avoids killing.
She shows her affection by giving gifts, spending time around her friends, and offering unsolicited advice and support. She’s loyal to her team, and despite her denying it if asked, her actions towards them show she truly cares about their well-being. When Sean becomes an alcoholic, she does her best to keep him steady but loses that battle. When Layla is sucked into a time vortex with no hope of return, Monet grieves for her. When Terry is pregnant with Jamie's son, Monet becomes her pillar of support. She’s also very close to Shatterstar, and frequently indulges his fascination with pop culture and helps him navigate social norms. While she bickers constantly with Rictor, she understands him as well, seeing as they have both suffered from depression and have suicidal impulses.
Monet is hotheaded: quick to violence but also quick to calm down once she believes her point has been made. She reacts badly to implications of her incompetence as the team's muscle or telepath; however, when she genuinely makes a mistake, she shoulders responsibility for it. When she fails to notice Guido's mental instability because she was grieving for Sean Cassidy, she blames herself openly despite nobody on the team suggesting it was her fault at all.
While never explicitly diagnosed, she has been shown with a psychiatrist admitting to having suicidal thoughts and frequent nightmares, as well as an intense fear of dark, confined places, suggesting that she may have post-traumatic stress disorder from her imprisonment.
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- flight
- super-strength: shown lifting and throwing large vehicles as well as buildings with ease, fights on par with the Hulk. She can throw a bullet hard enough to make it as deadly as one that's been fired from a gun.
- super-speed, enhanced reflexes: not at the level of in-universe speedsters; she’s been shown keeping pace with supersonic jets, and catching bullets.
- invulnerability. It's mentioned that there's materials that can pierce her skin, but the only one shown is Archangel's wings.
- enhanced senses: shown using super-hearing, infrared, telescopic, and night vision, and probably more if the writers need stuff for plot.
- accelerated healing factor: resistant (but not completely immune) to poisons, toxins, and illness. anaesthetics and sedatives work just fine on her, alcohol has little effect.
- telepathy: her range has never been clearly stated. She's been shown projecting illusions from about 20 metres away (she once created an entire mental alternate universe which lasted several days), but otherwise all her telepathy is used in conjunction with physical contact as she scans the client's minds, and she nearly always holds hands before using this power.
- combat: she has a tendency to rely on her brute strength, but she is an excellent hand to hand combatant
- fluent in French and English, working knowledge of Arabic.
- genius-level intellect
- eidetic memory.
LASTLY she's said to be a technopath but she's never been seen using this power and moreover requests a teammate to handle computer stuff (which she never would if she was able to do it herself). Previously, I've not played her as possessing this ability and do not intend to.
Items/Weapons:
- Her chess set
- iPod with charger and headphones
- A necklace with a fleur-de-lis pendant.
Sample Entry: here.
Sample Entry Two: here.
NOTE: Monet has had very minimal canon interaction with the Avengers (she's only spoken briefly to Iron Man, Hulk, and She-Hulk), and even as a CRAU wouldn't really bother seeking them out. It's highly unlikely she and MCU Bucky would ever interact.
-> ACCEPTED