Ignite (Inactive)

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===IDENTITY===

Full Name: Ravi Fuego-Urbanovsky
Codename: Ignite (the only name she is known by; she can’t remember her real one.)
Nickname(s): Spies
Alias(es): N/A
Age: 15
Birth date: October 4, 1997
Classification: Superhuman
Affiliation: Good

===PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION===

Hair Color: Smokey, dark gray
Eye Color: Bright orange; rims of irises are dark orange, the middles rings are somewhat yellow-orange, and the thin rings directly surrounding her pupils are yellow. Her eyes particularly stand out because she’s prominently active during the night, and her skin colour makes it easy for her to blend in. Sometimes, Ignite’s eyes are even mistaken for having no body to coincide at all; sometimes freaky, but mostly just cool to look at. Ignite’s eyes are also very round, like an owl’s, and fairly deep-set. However, Ignite’s eyes do have one particularly unique property... she’s blind.
Height: 5’ 7”
Weight: Slim
Other: very round, deeply-set eyes. • dark, smokey, gray skin, much like the color of soot. • youthful face, heart shaped. • fresh, crisp appearance and countenance. • relatively tall for her age, and is further accentuated by her spidery limbs and skinny frame. • hair is medium length, but it’s hard to tell because she styles it in an upward swoop. The colour is just a tad bit darker than her skin.

===POWERS===

Ignite has four powers in total, but her main, prominent element is pyrokinesis. These are the powers, in order of how much she uses them. However, the most important thing to keep in mind about Ignite is the fact that she is blind. (See ‘History’)

PYROKINESIS:
Ignite can create and manipulate fire so long as temperatures remain above freezing point*. The higher the temperature of wherever she’s at, the easier it is for Ignite to create fire––with the exception of high humidity/water density in the air. On a good day, Ignite’s fire blasts (which originate from her palms or feet) can reach up to roughly 451 degrees Fahrenheit*, which is the degree at which paper burns, and can typically cause severe third-degree burns, if she so choose to use it in that way. Also (again, on a good day), her fire can extend up to 20 ft* or a circular radius of 7 ft*. On a not-so-good day (i.e. one w/ cold temperatures or high humidity), her typical hit range is only about 7-10 ft in length; about 5 for a circular radius. Heat pressure, on these days, usually only exceeds to 212°F {100°C} (roughly boiling point w/ first-degree burns.)

MAGMA SKIN:
Ignite's skin is constantly hot due to the fiery circulation that constantly runs through her veins and internal organs. This "ability" usually varies on the times of the day and especially the seasons in Jump, but here is a general ratio and relatively accurate depiction of each major parts of a typical day:

Morning: Picture a warm, balmy day on a summer beach in the Caribbean, the feeling of the Sun’s warming rays and the light, humid, breeze of a tropical air. This is the physical warmth and rising temperature that a person can feel (or experience) when around, or more likely, touching Ignite. Some like it, some don’t, but either way, her friends have their own portable heater tagging along or leading the way.

Afternoon: During the afternoon, that calming, convenient warmth turns into a blistering, raw lava pit of un-pleasurable heat. During the high point of midday, Ignite’s skin can reach up to 212 degrees Fahrenheit* (100 degrees Celsius), which is boiling point at sea level. To put a little more perspective on this, imagine sticking your hand into a pot of boiling water or grabbing onto the exhaust pipe of a revved-up truck. Accordingly, Ignite isn’t the best person to hug or grab onto, especially if you’re the thug trying to beat her (or her friends) to a pulp.

Evening: This is the rare time of day at which Ignite’s Magma Skin simmers down to a temperature of around 100 degrees Fahrenheit*, which is about the body temperature of a human suffering from a mild fever.

Nighttime: During the night, Ignite’s physical wellbeing is put in serious jeopardy due to the drastic drop in atmospheric temperature—sure, her skin is abnormally hot, but that doesn’t follow suit when the sun goes down. Her body becomes more dense like a heavy, wheezing furnace with only a few struggling coals to remain as a functional asset. Because of this, it’s harder for Ignite to create and manipulate fire. It’s also when she uses her lighter most.

MICROPULSAR HEATWAVE: Put simply, this is a fancy term for using thermal imaging to detect surrounding people, objects, buildings, vegetation, et cetera that serves as Ignite’s “functional eyes.” It gives the blind pyromancer a rough idea of what surrounds her, and she does so by clapping her hands once then releasing soon after—this is where the term “heatwave” comes in, which is a thinner and less-detectable layer of heat that bounces off any solid object, which in turn bounces back to Ignite and therefore is of visual benefit. There are some disadvantages to this particular ability, which mainly come in the form of objects blocking her way, fast-moving objects/people, airborne things, and it becomes especially difficult when there are a lot of objects/people/et cetera around her.

MELTDOWN: Cooldown is a last resort option, in which Ignite voluntarily cools her body down to just a little above freezing point in order to appear dead. When she does this, her body hardens like molten rock and becomes dormant, similar to that of an inactive volcano. In order to “revive” herself, she must remain awake during this process and cannot remain in Cooldown state for more than thirty minutes or she will remain that way forever.

===PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE===

Likes:
hanging out with friends • being a weirdo • warmth (Duh) • fire • spicy food • (listening to) horror movies • really wickedly-awesome CGI video games (because they’re easier to keep track of with heatwave) • going to ComicCon, especially because she’s legitimately a super • listening to indie music (and some selective others) • the night • scary stories / sounds • HUGS • trying new things (and succeeding) • a good challenge • dancing like there’s no tomorrow • basically, anything related to dance, especially street / breakdancing, hip-hop • physically rough sports

Dislikes:
being alone • water • loneliness • criticism • underestimation • whiners • bright settings, like a blindingly bright sunny day because it throws off her ability to perform heatwav. • winter • the cold • not being able to feel the rain touch her skin • jerks • ice cream • occasionally, the reminder of her blindness and how it inhibits so much of what others take for granted • jerks • whiners • hobos/bums/lazy people • bottom-feeders • pity party people • sea food • having to take baths (she’d much rather take a shower of steam • preppy chicks

Strengths:
using her powers to their fullest ability • balancing out her blindness by using the things that she does have versus dwelling to much on her incapability • quick recovery • deals with death incredibly well • keen focus • easy personality to get along with • being unbiased comes naturally for her • quick, precise, knows how to work her body well • good at knowing her limitations • not easily offended

Weaknesses:
water/hydrokinetics • incapability to see (never saw that coming, huh?) • cold temperatures • compulsiveness • lack of stamina • metahumans who can fly • nighttime • ridiculously fast metahumans • metalloid / thickly-skinned metahumans (harder to penetrate through thicker surfaces in order to get an idea of where people/objects are) • hot-tempered/easily pissed off • she’s really good at making peace with others and standing up for “the weirdos,” but not for herself; she can be very sensitive to jerks and those who take advantage of her disability (especially criminals), but again, she balances it well when that gloomy perspective clouds the light of justice

Skills:
not pessimistic (yup, that is a legit skill) • agility • subtleness/camouflage • teamwork • leadership while being able to be lead • knowledge of science/general environmental behaviours • able to adequately control her powers, unlike some/a lot of pyros • adaptability • element of surprise • being quiet • easy learner, but sometimes stubborn

Equipment:
Her hands. Literally, these are her weapons—this is where all of her fire can be vented and distributed due to the high amount of everyday use of this body part. In order to “enhance” these weapons, Ignite can simply rub her hands together very, very, quickly, creating friction, therefore ideal eruption point, sparks, fire, ect.

Habits/Quirks:
Habits/Quirks: She has a habit of fiddling with her fingers/twiddling her thumbs, obsessively taps her fingers, loves taking people by surprise when they find out that she’s blind although she does seem so, both in action and in appearance. However, once a person is around her a lot, they can see that Ignite has to really, coherently, voluntarily blink and sometimes forgets, not to mention sometimes look directly at the person she is talking to.

Personality:
In a very, very to-the-point manner, Ignite is determined, infallible, but by no means, a jerk and certainly not perfect. She’s smooth rolling, funny, and easy to get along with. However, not everything’s all peachy with this girl. Although she may not admit it, she has a really, really hard time accepting that she’s blind and, therefore, being a handicap. It drives her nuts when people throw pity parties or ask to help her, go out of their way to be nice, etc. just because she is blind. Her “people skills” are pretty bipolar in a certain respect, because… some days, she’s just really not in the mood to play nice or be the peacemaker in trivial and ridiculous situations. She’s a tomboy, would rather play in the mud and roughhouse with the guys instead of playing Barbies or gossiping with teenage girls.

===PERSONAL BACKGROUND===

Family: Survived by her mother, father, and boyfriend.
Place of Origin: Guadalajara, Mexico
Current City: Jump City, USA
History: Ignite was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, to a Latina mother and Russian father. Her parents had met in a dance hall; it was love at first sight while her mother, Mariella Fuego, was working full time there and her father, Molotov “Mo” Urbanovski , had just been let of prison for assaulting an officer who had assaulted his future wife and mother of a beautiful baby girl.

Mo had wandered to the environmentally polar shores of sunny Mexico from the lonely frigidity of Eastern Russian Siberia. The warmth of Mexico provided sun, pleasurable life, and a vivacious spring of new breath and ambition to the man who was coming upon the years of about thirty in his life—a little late as per usual for marrying age, but nevertheless, his love and loyalty for the beautiful Mariella was as young and innocent as a child’s first crush.

They married, a happy partnership of dedication, adoration, and admiration. It was a blessing when they were gifted their first and only child, Ravitza “Ravi” Fuego-Urbanovsky. And despite having no siblings, their family was complete. Ravi soon became fast friends with a close neighbor’s child who had been born just five months before Mariella’s.

The boy’s name was Aríste (pronounced ah-riss-tay), and the two newlings formed a special bond. And when they were a little older—old enough to understand what the difference between having a friend who’s a boy or a girl and a ‘boyfriend’ or ‘friend’—they dated.

But when Ignite turned fifteen, her parents made the extremely difficult decision to move to the United States of America—a choice driven by the concern for the safety of their child in a country practically run by drug lords and relentless crime; of course, this meant that Aríste would be alone and Ravi would become heartbroken. A few weeks passed in her new country of freedom in silence and awkward acclimation, but Ravi finally decided to just accept her current situation and try to make the best of it, all the while holding together a long-distance relationship with Aríste which they hoped would keep them together forever.

But one day, a freak accident from grim fate made concrete the fact that that wish would not come true; Ravitza and her parents had been taking a taxicab to see a new movie in town––a lovely night––but on their way, a speeding sports car rammed into the side of the vehicle, set it aflame, and instantly killed the young daughter . The cab driver, her mother, and her father all survived, leaving themselves to be shocked and devastated while the man who hit them got off with a simple speeding ticket. When the news reached Aríste, he attempted suicide but––perhaps fortunately––was unsuccessful. Ignite’s parents took him in, called him their own, while his own mother, single at the time, left the boy for a chance to strike it rich in the casinos of Las Vegas.

• • • • •

While on her journey to Heaven, Ignite encountered a malevolent demon called “Chikere.” Chikere (pronounced “Shee-kuh”) was jealous of Ignite for reaching Heaven while he could not, and moreover see what God looked like. He cursed her with a pair of smoldering coals and shoved them into Ignite’s eyes, making her journey to the Kingdom of Light nearly impossible without sight as her companion. Nevertheless, Ignite yearned and worked her way, trying to defy Chikere even if only by getting further than he ever could. But with the coals in her eyes and the loathing of her transgressor––that demon from Hell––of which hatred and fury smoldered within her heart.

...not until Ignite washed up on the shores of Jump City, USA in the height of Autumn’s season and the beginning of winter, in flesh with blood, a pulse and breath, and strangely enough, an unending current of literal warmth, that is. Startled yet grateful, confused and exhilarated, this was the event that Ignite believes to have been her second chance at life. Looking into the water, she saw someone different entirely––a coal-skinned, fire-eyed impish looking creature that stared back only for fractions of a second, after which the image faded to blackness and the rest of the world became nothing, nothing.

Today, Ignite has began her “rebirth” by not dwelling in the past, discovering the world anew, this time with all senses but sight. She soon discovered that she had an extraordinary and baffling “gift,” per say: fire obeyed her will, it formed from her palms, and this separated, helpless little girl became more than she ever thought she would be: a pyromancer, and a good one at that.

As for the demon, Chikere. Demons are said to be from ‘Hell,’ and depending Ignite’s personal depiction of what “hell” is, she believes that is where fire was birthed, which later rose to earth and gave creation to this demon who encountered an innocent which fanned the flames to spread from the soulless to soulful, from him into her.

But she defies the destructive nature of fire itself by letting it be known that fire is the source of life, it gives us warmth, cooks our food, makes our body perform marvelous tasks, and brings light in the darkest hour. Whether it be by word, thought, example, or physical embodiment, that is her driving flame to live life for as long as the flame will burn.

Subject: Re: Ignite (Inactive) Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:11 am

This character looks fun, we'll have to have a fire fight some time Twisted Evil

Subject: Re: Ignite (Inactive) Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:52 pm

I live your name, it's fun.....and names with Ravi in them are cool......like me
I also love the history and her look which is awesome.

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The only thing I want to know is what, exactly, water does to her. Apart from dousing her flames. Does it just steam off her skin or does it hurt her?

This is an awesome app, by the way. ^^

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Thanks, everyone. And Ravian! I didn't even realise--it's still okay, right? I just want to make sure. Very Happy

Shadow: Hadn't really thought about it, but I suppose it would mostly put out her fire because she has pretty tough skin, plus the damage would be more concentrated around confusing her rather than harming too much. (Confusion by water for a blind individual who's already dealing with numerous opponents, flying projectiles, the occasional limb, ect. would be a bigger problem than excessive steam.)

Also, water temperature would be an even bigger threat the colder it gets because it takes longer to evaporate.

I hope that clears things up all nice n' peachy!

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Clearly a lack of sleep makes me overly nit-picky. I deem this app

APPROVED

'cause I still don't have a stamp. ='[

Subject: Re: Ignite (Inactive) Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:44 am

MAZEL TOV!!! *breaks the cloth covered wineglass underfoot*

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So, are we getting married now, then? XD Thanks again, Shadow.

And, yeah. I'm pretty darn excited to have a new addition to my ~~band of freaks~~ family! And Sanakan, yours is next!

Subject: Re: Ignite (Inactive) Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:17 pm

Of course it's fine, I love it, it's awesome, it rules and it's awesome and I love it......just saying....the second time it was backwards.

I also love her imp-y-ness...new words are fun

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Awesome! And thanks again! I'm going to have a lot of fun with her, especially because I haven't had a character quite like this before. ^^; Controlling fire should be fun!

*And I've moved this to the "Active" section. I think it might be helpful if I want to roleplay her. XD

Subject: Re: Ignite (Inactive) Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:25 pm

I totes want to rp with you as ignite at one point...but not with xeno....he doesn't like fire.

EDIT: adviser was changed from as ignite by my phone....which obviously needs some serious English classes

Guest

Wait, could you clarify, please?

Is Adviser a character, or... what? I'm confused, but either way, It'd be cool to RP with you! Very Happy

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Wow, i'm way slow on Congratulating you on posting Ignite, I'm so sorry! Can't wait to see what happens. Congrats again!

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Thanks, Bane darling. I still want to set up that introduction thread for you, if you're not going to! :<

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I don't care my dear. Feel free to do use you please my dear.

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