Aberrant: Quantum Zero - Superstars and Divas

[ProfPotts]

Mister Flextastic!

Real Name: Ronald 'Ron' Hammond

Role: Face

Circle: Silver

Rank: 6

Win - Loss: 25 - 0

Time with the XWF: 15 months

Glory: 4

Honour: 6

Signature Pose: Stretches torso & shows-off with bodybuilder poses

Catchphrase: 'It's flextasy time!'

Finisher: The Old Squeeze Play™ [Grappling Smackdown where he wraps himself around his opponent multiple times & squeezes]

Music: The theme to 'Thunderbirds' (played really loud with an insane amount of pyrotechnics)

Powers: An incredible ability to stretch & contort his body grants 'Mister F' both a resiliency to concussive damage & an impressive amount of elastic strength, as well as making him particularly hard to hit or pin down. Normally Mister F can stretch each limb around four meters, but when he 'goes spaghetti' he becomes ribbon-thin & can stretch each limb an amazing sixteen-odd meters!

History:

A 'jobber' in the declining field of professional wrestling (which was starting to go underground & becoming increasingly violent & dangerous in a desperate bid to hold on in competition with the XWF) Ron Hammond would have suffered a life-threatening broken back due to a particularly brutal move by his opponent had he not erupted on the spot. Knowing the business all too well Ron eagerly went off to join the XWF & finally earn some big bucks, with the crowd cheering him for a change.

Early efforts to choose a 'Nova' name for himself backfired when his attempts to play a 'brilliant scientist' persona failed miserably (Ron being a high school drop out) & a certain comics publishing house threatened to sue. Taking some advice from the XWF marketing people Ron soon became 'Mister Flextastic!' (although he still has a thing for blondes in tight eufiber...) & has proven to be popular with the fans & his fellow fighters both - every one of his fights seems to involve his opponent twisting him into a knot, or using him as a slingshot, or other such amusing cartoonish antics, before he finally (& heroically) turns the tables at the last minute. The cartoonish nature of his combats has led to Mister F appealing to the younger & family audiences of the sport, & (being a genuine nice guy & an old hand) he's played into this, staring in several 'don't try this at home' ads, as well as 'stay in school' & 'don't do drugs' spots too.

In his spare time Mister F has a taste for the superstar lifestyle he never got when he was the one taking the fall all the time, & he's a regular at The Amp Room, 'A'-list parties & the like - although he tries to keep the worst of his excesses out of sight for the sake of his younger fans.

Appearance: A good-looking guy, if not a model, eruption has left Mister F both bald & overly muscled - adding even more to his image as a 'cartoon' wrestler. Rumours that his muscular state & lack of hair are, in fact, the result of his indulging in Mite in his pre-Nova days have never been confirmed (& have been stomped on lots by the XWF legal department)... In the ring he wears a form fitting blue Eufiber bodysuit with an 'F' in a white circle prominantly displayed on his chest (Stan & the XWF settled out of court...).

[ProfPotts]

Russian Rita

Real Name: Rada Lazar Rezanar

Role: Face

Circle: Silver

Rank: 6

Win - Loss: 25 - 0

Time with the XWF: 15 months

Glory: 6

Honour: 6

Signature Pose: Sexy, with hands behind her head, on her breasts, & running across her hips

Catchphrase: 'Let's play Russian Roulette!'

Finisher: Siberian Suplex™ [Piledriver - a six-handed back-bridge suplex move]

Music: The latest Novox techno-remix of the old, annoying, Tetris theme

Powers: Six-arms & impressive athletic prowess make Rita memorable, but hardly the most powerful fighter in the XWF - however, she makes up what she lacks in raw power with superior skill & a great deal of luck.

History:

Okay, so she's Bulgarian not Russian, but the XWF promoters thought that the Russian angle had more universal appeal... In any case, since her early teens Rada had been something of a wandering party girl, fleeing her 'boring' (in her words) homeland & travelling across Europe & America in a lifestyle of club & party hopping, supporting herself by tending bars, a little modeling, some bit part acting, & finally (when she hit Hollywood) a little stunt work. It was this last which, during a bad accident (she dived off a skyscraper without her safety line attached), led her to erupt.

For some reason 'Rita' erupted not with the ability to fly or invulnerability... but with six arms - while multiple limbs are relatively common amongst the more rural Indian Novas, why someone of her cultural background would erupt in such a fashion is unknown (there have been suggestions on the OpNet - quickly denied by the XWF legal boys - that she was off her skull on hallucinogens when she messed up the stunt in question...). In any case, her new limbs proved to be highly co-ordinated, her general agility (not to mention her endurance & beauty) heightened, & she seemed to possess amazing luck - all of which combined to save her life in a rather impressive display of tumbling, swinging, & wall-running down the side of the building. In her 'jack of all trades' life she'd done a little mud-wrestling & foxy boxing, & an old contact approached her with the idea of joining the XWF.

Although possessing no more than (top) baseline strength, Rita has proven a fierce competitor in the Combat Zone, her incredible degree of co-ordination, agility, & downright luck enabling her to beat seemingly far stronger opponents. Her extravert, flirtatious, nature along with her Nova-level good looks have made her a solid favourite of fans & fellow XWF members alike (rumours abound about who in the XWF Rita has or has not slept with... many hold at least a grain of truth).

Most Novas, however, know Rita from her 'other' job - tending bar at the Amp Room - which is where she can usually be found between XWF shows: a real mistress of parties she compliments 'Iron Skin' Andy's efforts as host, her tireless stamina enabling her to party twenty-four-seven, & still be fresh as a daisy for an XWF show the next morning.

Appearance: With Nova-level good looks the shapely & attractive Rita is of Eastern European stock with dark eyes, although she dyes her flowing hair blonde. Her most distinctive feature is her six arms, which a few find offputting, but most find excitingly exotic. Entering the ring she usually sports a 'Russian' style fur hat & coat, although she soon removes these to reveal a skimpy outfit underneath consisting of skintight leggings slung low on her hips, high-heeled calf-high boots, & a leather bra which usually seems to be threatening to burst at the slightest provocation (although to fans disappointment that's yet to occur...).

[Alex Green]

The Staff

Real Name: Richard ('Dick' or 'Rich') Richardson

Role: Face

Circle: Silver

Rank: 6

Win - Loss: 25 - 0

Time with the XWF: 15 months

Glory: 2

Honour: 2

Signature Pose: Against men he’ll walk away with this arms up in the air enjoying the crowd’s adulation. Hopefully they’ll be chanting his name by then, and he’ll wave his arms forward and back. Against females he’ll try to help the lady up and try to walk her to the exit.

Catchphrase: 'And now The Staff is going to pound someone into the ground!'

Finisher: The Ground Pound™ [Grappling Smackdown where he throws both of them in the air and comes down on top of them.]

Music: Right Said Fred’s I’m too Sexy

Powers: In addition to an animal like physical grace and godlike stage presence, Rich can absorb energy from a number of difference sources. Channeling kinetic energy lets him leap in the air high enough to bounce off the ceiling.

History:

“Rich” graduated from high school and went into the army, served a tour then went into a merc group. In Africa he got caught up in a very confused action where the elites were fighting each other and ignoring baselines like insects. Q-bolts and bullets were flying around… and someone brought in an injured elite from “their” side. She was half unconscious and her healing factor was preventing the docs from pulling out the spear that was through her. Rich was one of many trying, and failing, to hold her down when he erupted with the power to deal with the situation. His social skills also went up a lot as well, he hadn’t gotten laid in a long time and she was a babe.

Rich used his eruption to join the XWF and brought some of his army buddies with him. His group of followers tends to rotate someone as people drop in and out of the business. Currently his group consists of “Bricker Bob” a huge ex-marine who functions as his driver and “bodyguard”. Cynthia Innocent (who looks anything but innocent) a hard and strong looking medically augmented body building babe… who is also an ex-army “brother” of Rich’s and a lesbian as well. Ms “Innocent” has on several occasions picked fights with girlfriends of other fighters (staged, mostly). While she might be eye candy she’s certainly not “soft”. Generally speaking the rest of Rich’s crew are “filled” by eye candy gals. It is assumed (often correctly) that Rich is sleeping with them but that’s not actually a requirement, especially with “stolen” girlfriends from other fighters.

Rich brings "sexual politics" to the circus that is the XWF. The name "Richard" nick-names to "Dick" (he insists people call him "Rich"... although many, including his staff, "slip up" on that subject). "The Staff" could refer to his many followers but probably doesn't. He's surrounded by big busty lasses and many of his plot hooks often involve stealing other fighter’s girlfriends, saving them, or having his stolen. Various scandals that he’s been involved in include getting “caught” having sex with one of his babes before the fight (it’s unclear if this was scripted or not) and Cynthia coming out of the closet.

Rich is a “face”, a ladies man, and “protector(?)” of the “innocent(?)” ladies. Generally speaking he’s thought of as an honorable type within the XWF. In his spare time Rich has fun. Fun is defined as parties, gamboling, and carousing. He definitely has a NC-17 lifestyle.

Appearance: Think “Apollo” meets “Richie Rich”. Richard is a 6’ 4” impossibly beautiful & sexy body builder with (dyed) Blond hair. He carries it off well. Rich wears reflectively shiny gold outfits but strips naked to the waist before entering the ring. He is almost always surrounded by a group of adoring “fans”, who usually are large breasted young women wearing shocking outfits.

[Centimane]

Draco

Real Name: Samuel ‘Sammy’ Erickson

Role: Heel

Circle: Black

Rank: 2

Win - Loss: 5 - 0

Time with the XWF: 4 months

Glory: 0

Honour: 1

Signature Pose: Stands fully upright and beats his wings while letting loose with a powerful roar.

Catchphrase: RRRRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finisher: Draconian PeaceMaker. [Grappling Smackdown where he grabs his opponent in his jaws, uses his serpentine neck to pick his opponent up and lift them several meters into the air, and then viciously whips his neck in a slanting downwards motion, letting go at the last moment to slam his opponent with vicious force into the mat]

Music: Pounding rhythms of percussion drums played in a tribal rhythm. Taken from one of the King Kong movies, it was played when the heroine is about to be sacrificed to Kong.

Powers: Like the dragon of myth and legend, Draco is enormous, enormously strong, and his thick scaly hide is nearly impenetrable. Most memorable however is the protean quality of his scales and wings. He can alter not only the color and patterning of his scales at will, he can also radically alter their size and toughness as well, growing spines, spikes, or claws where he had none before. His wings vary in shape and size from time to time as well, sometimes even taking the form of extra limbs or deadly, horned appendages.

History:

Samuel hails from New York City, though this isn’t a well-publicized fact as the XWF promoters have chosen to present Sammy as an actual monster of legend rather than as a performer from a specific place. What’s even less well known is how young Sammy is and the story of his eruption. ‘Draco’ is only nineteen, and his eruption is the result of a failed suicide attempt.

Samuel grew up as a social outcast. Fat, ugly, perceived as untalented and a total dreamer. He was also a huge fan of fantasy stories. And the characters he liked the best were dragons. He liked the good dragons most of all, but any dragon was good enough for him. He found himself identifying with the way that dragons were often hunted or persecuted in stories, but wishing that he had at least some of their strength.

His suicide attempt was the result of a severe humiliation at probably the first real party he'd ever attempted to attend, followed by a severe beating at the hands of a jock, whose girlfriend Sam had actually dared to talk to, and his friends. Sam didn't erupt either during the humiliation or during the beating, but after he got home he finally broke down and realized he'd had enough of the pointless life he was leading. So he found the nearest high building and jumped off. And at that moment he erupted.

As a dragon, there's only so much a guy can do in the modern world, and only so many places he'll be accepted (people still don't always treat him nicely, but now at least they treat him respectfully). So he's joined the XWF as a 'heel'. People love him for his looks, and they envy him for his job, and those within the industry treat him just like anybody else (to his face at least).

Draco takes on the role of heel within the industry as the ‘monster’ that the heroic faces must conquer in order to save the day, or some poor maiden, or just because. The details tend to vary. He’s very good at acting the part, and he works hard to make his opponents look good at the appropriate times. This, combined with his genuinely nice personality and hard-working attitude, has already earned him a fair amount of respect within the XWF itself. It remains to be seen how the fans will react to him.

Appearance: Draco’s appearance and coloring varies to a greater or lesser degree at each match he’s fought in. He usually maintains the same form throughout a match, but he has been known to suddenly transform into his ‘berserker’ form, suddenly sprouting spines, spikes, ridges, and horns from nearly every surface of his body. On one occasion he even entered the ring not with wings, but with mantis-like appendages sprouting from his shoulders, which he used to deadly and spectacular effect (before being soundly trounced upon by the heroic face trying to best him). Regardless of the details, Draco always looks like a massive dragon about the same length and height of a city transit bus, and his appearance is always both beautiful and fierce, not to mention alien.

[ProfPotts]

Nagah

Real Name: Unknown

Role: Heel

Circle: Red

Rank: 4

Win - Loss: 15 - 0

Time with the XWF: 9 months

Glory: 2

Honour: 2

Signature Pose: Undulating dance-style movement of upper body whilst hissing & baring fangs

Catchphrase: 'Hissss!'

Finisher: Serpent's Embrace™ [Grappling Smackdown where she encoils her victim with her tail, before hoisting him high into the air & slamming him hard into the mat]

Music: Snake charmer-style music as she emerges, swaying, from a giant woven 'snake basket', then running into a hardcore skew remix of 'Poison' as she makes her way to the Combat Zone

Powers: A real snake-woman, with a long serpent's tail in place of legs, Nagah is strong, quick, & sports deadly venom-filled fangs. One of her key powers is her ability to spit blinding acidic poison into her opponent's eyes.

History:

There is little public information about Nagah's origins, although most suspect that she's one of the many Novas from rural India who have erupted in a 'traditional' mythological form. What is known is that her manager, Panav Jorhat, an Indian national, turned up at the XWF headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, one day, totally out of the blue, with Nagah in toe & managed to secure a contract for the both of them. The fact that there's no record of a Nova matching Nagah's distinct appearance entering the USA has led many fans to speculate that she has an alternate, human, form - but none have ever seen such a form, if it actually exists.

Outside the Combat Zone, Nagah is never seen without her manager, Panav - & it is he who tends to answer all the questions put to the ophidian diva &, generally, do all the talking. As far as anyone can tell, Nagah is happy to do what she's told by Panav. Until he & Nagah joined the XWF circuit, Panav was a minor middle-management type in the massive Mumbai 'Bollywood' film industry - Nagah has been his golden ticket all the way &, whilst his skills as a manager are okay, he's not the hot shot executive that he tends to present himself as. Critics of the manager note that Panav seems to be earning a lot more from the XWF than Nagah herself (although, with the mystery over her 'real' identity, this can't be confirmed). Privately, those few people who've managed to talk to Nagah away from her manager have come away with the impression that she's actually a really nice person - although her appearance & powers are such that she's got little choice but to play the 'heel' in the Zone.

Panav's 'protective' attitude towards his diva is backed up by Harjit & Kumar, a pair of hulking Indian bodyguards who flank the manager at every turn, guard the diva's privacy, & also carry the oversized snake-basket she emerges from onto the ramp. Despite efforts by the XWF PR team, Panav, Harjit, & Kumar refuse to wear 'costumes' of any type, instead sticking to expensive tailor-made suits & dark glasses. While built like weightlifters, the two bodyguards aren't anywhere near as large as the average XWF competitor, but still do a good job of keeping the media & fans at a safe distance. Panav himself is a shorter, thin, man in his early thirties (although he's getting less-thin by the month now that he's enjoying the fruits of his golden ticket's labours).

Appearance:

The serpent-woman's upper body is that of a slender, toned, exotically attractive woman, whilst from the hips down she possesses not legs, but a long ophidian tail. Her upper body is of human proportions, but with the tail she's over thirty feet long.

Nagah's skin is fine, glistening, snake-scales, primarily dark green, but lightening to a yellow on her chest & stomach, & with a distinctive pattern of hollow diamond shapes in gold down her back. Although Nagah's mouth appears human at first glance, it's actually constructed out of several bones & connecting tendons, like a snake's, & she can open it in a huge gape - which also reveals the fangs (dripping in venom) which fold back into her mouth when not in use. Her eyes are also golden & snake-like.

With raven black hair which falls to the small of her back (just above where the tail starts) Nagah usually sports a single braid when competing. Her lean muscles flex & ripple under her scaled skin, & her movements possess an almost hypnotic grace which most find highly disturbing.

Clothing-wise Nagah usually wears plenty of bracelets, armlets, bangals, & rings, along with a 'bikini' type affair (bra & hip-cloth) made out of glass beads or gold coins.