Post by Calvin Rankin - Mimic on Jul 21, 2009 16:09:20 GMT -5
Character Information
Real Name: Calvin Rankin
Mutant/Hero/Villain name: Mimic
Nick Name: None
Canon or custom: Canon
Age: 25
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Nationality: American
Affiliation: Avenger, Previously Exiles
Rank/Occupation: None
Gender:Male
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 225 lbs.
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Build: Muscular & Athletic
Markings: Scars across his body from battles over the years.
Known Relatives: Ronald Rankin (Father, deceased)
Powers: Mimic has the mutant ability to mimic the abilities of five different superhumans at one time.. He also seems capable of mimic non-mutant superpowers, like those from the Fantastic Four. Mimic can change by conscious choice, any of the mutants abilities that he comes in contact with for an extended period of time. Mimic has exhibited having "residual traces" of previous mutant abilities in the past however the extent of these residual abilities and their duration have not been explored.
Abilities:
- Years of training with his reality's X-Men has lead him to be a proficient hand to hand combatant, enough so to render an alter version of Wolverine unconscious.
- With Beast's strength and Colossus' organic steel skin, Mimic was able to lift heavy loads, presumably in excess of 70 tons.
Weakness: There is one negative aspect to Mimic's abilities, and it is that if he is in the proximity of a mutate who's powers derive from or utilize gamma rays (ie, the Hulk) he becomes vulnerable to those gamma rays making him violently ill and could lead to death if he remains near the being for an extended period of time although he is still able to mimic their abilities.
Mimic can copy any superhuman abilities within seconds of being near the host however if they travel far enough their powers are instantly lost unless he has spent two hours of time close to them in which case he keeps their abilities. When he takes on an other's powers he loses one of the five he already has but he is able to select which abilities it is that he loses.
Paraphernalia and Equipment: None
Weapons: None
Uniform:
Personality: A little cocky and sarcastic he is also a very level headed young man and a remarkable leader who has led both the X-Men of his world and the Exiles to many victories. He has sometimes been seen as a little hypocritable, especily when it comes to people who profer to use brute force to solve problems even though he sometimes, with his own powers, resorts to the same tactics. However due to events during his time with the Exiles he has promised never again to kill and resents himself both for every life he has ever taken and will take under no choice circumstances.
History:
Unlike the Calvin Rankin of Earth-616, Mimic of Earth-12 was born as a mutant who could mimic other superhuman abilities. When he discovered the identities of the original X-Men by mimic'ing their powers, the angry Calvin decided to use his powers for evil and joined the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Following his first fight with the X-Men, the other members of the Brotherhood abandoned him, leaving him to be arrested. While in prison, Calvin was visited by Professor Charles Xavier who offered him a position in the X-Men. Calvin accepted the offer and soon became one of the Earth's many champions. Eventually, Calvin came even outshine the more reserved Cyclops, and became the team's leader.
At some time Mimic was plucked by the Timebroker from his native reality to join the inter dimensional mutant team, the Exiles, in order to repair damage done to various realities in existence. Mimic was told that his reality was affected by these events and that if he did not repair the damage done, his reality would change so that while he was a member of the Brotherhood, tried to kidnap Senator Robert Kelly and ended up killing 47 innocent people and ended up on death row upon capture. As the Timebroker has since been revealed to be a facsimile and the true reason for the Exiles to have been revealed, it is unknown if there is any validity to this warning, or if the insectoids residing inside the "Crystal Palace" manufactured the story in order to coax Mimic into joining their cause.
Mimic joined the Exiles, and eventually developed a romantic relationship with team leader Blink.
During their first mission to find "the one who will lead them", the Exiles, on a world where all super-humans have been confined to prisons, erroneously believed that it was Charles Xavier who was destined to lead them. Freeing the Xavier from this reality, they found that he was an evil mutant who was bent on exterminating the human race as revenge for his imprisonment. Due to their error an entire town was mind wiped by this evil Xavier.
At the end of their mission, Mimic was forced to kill the evil Xavier by extracting his claws into the evil mutants head, or face his own death. This action profoundly effected Mimic who couldn't work past the fact that he was forced to kill his own mentor, even if it was an alternate reality version of him that was evil.
During the course of the next few missions, Mimic helped the Exiles kill Dark Phoenix in a reality where she was really Jean Grey; assisted Alpha Flight in capturing the Hulk; and saved the world from Galactus on a world that has been under Skrull domination since the early 1900's.
Missions never got easier for Mimic as they were forced to battle -- and often kill -- people who (in his own reality) were friends or people he looked up to. It started to weigh on Mimic, his relationship with Blink, and his desire to return home to his own reality.
Their next mission found them on a nightmare world where the Sentinels had killed or imprisoned all super beings. Here they met another group of reality jumpers called Weapon X led by Sabretooth of Blink's home reality. The two groups worked together to save David Richards (The son of Rachel Summers and Franklin Richards of this reality), however Weapon X's mission was to kill the boy as he was destined to become a madman and rule the Earth. During the battle, Mimic developed a slight jealousy towards Sabretooth, however when Sabretooth stayed behind at the missions end this had no bearing on his and Blink's relationship until much later.
On the next world, Mimic played a key role in stopping a version of Namor, who had taken over Latveria and disposed it's monarch Dr. Doom and threatened to kill the human race with a device that would make Atlanteans breathe on the surface while humans would suffocate. During the battle, Mimic single-handedly defeated an entire army of Doombots and beat Namor to death. After this experience he resolved that he was sick of killing and resolved to get back home no matter what it took. His attitude after this mission continued to strain his and Blinks romance, and endangered them in missions when he refused to kill.
The next series of missions had Mimic and his fellow Exiles save a world where Curt Connors infected people with a lizard virus, to assassinate Connors himself; being captured and trapped in the Mojoverse by Mojo who wished to reinstate Exile member Morph as a big star; and save the remaining survivors of a world plagued by infectious Vi-Locks, who are infected with a combination of the Legacy Virus and Warlock's trans-mode virus.
On this world, Calvin was about to sacrifice his own life in order to destroy the Vi-Lock's main base and destroy their leader, the mutant formally known as Forge. Little knowing that the Exiles aided this worlds heroes of the existence of the gods of Asgard who's blood could cure the disease, and had to be rescued by Blink. Upon completion of this mission, the Timebroker appeared and said that Blink was being returned home and she was replaced by Magik (Illyana Rasputin). Mimic was then assigned team leader and was given the Tallus and the group was sent on their next mission.
Mimic heaped with the fact that the woman he loved has been taken from him, now had to deal with the pressures of leadership, the addition to the cold and emotionless Magik did not improve matters.
With their new addition, the Exiles with Mimic as leader, had to kill one reality's Heroes for Hire so that Moses Magnum could take over Japan; Visit Earth-616 and prevent the personality of an evil Havok (from the Mutant X reality) from taking over the body of his Earth-616 counterpart and murdering Carter Ghazikhanian and Nicholas Gleason (who were under the care of that reality's X-Men); and finally a mission to stop a group of vampire Avengers from enslaving an entire city, when the mission was completed the group was blasted with a bolt of magic by the evil vampire wizard Union Jack which sent each Exile to a different reality.
Mimic found himself on a world that was taken over by the Brood and battled them there for four years, being infected many times with Brood-eggs, but always able to rely on his mimic'd healing factor to destroy it. When he was saved from this reality by the Timebroker and reunited with his teammates, he lied about the amount of time he spent there and kept secret that his healing factor was currently in the process of eliminating another Brood egg, this one an egg that would birth a queen.
Their next mission had the Exiles ensuring that a reality's Fantastic Four survived their rocket crash and that nobody in New York was killed by the now rampaging Thing. During the battle Mimic was severely injured which allowed the Brood-egg to gain the upper hand over his healing factor and began hatching. The queen dominated Mimic's mind before Mimic could convince Sasquatch to kill him, and attacked both the Exiles and newly formed Fantastic Four, the Brood queen being able to nullify the limitations of Mimic's abilities allowing it to mimic more than just five abilities. During the battle, Exile member Sunfire was smothered under a pile of rubble before the Brood-egg could be destroyed to save Mimic. This devastated team member Morph and put a rift between the two long standing teammates for a time.
The death of Sunfire brought the return of Blink (and restored as leader) to the team who rekindled her romance with the now distraught Mimic. Their relationship continued to have troubles due to Blink's experience on the world with Sabretooth, and Mimic's guilt over Sunfire's death and failure as a leader.
The next mission found the group battling Weapon X, led by the murderous Hyperion who had gone rogue and sought to dominate any world they were brought to. The Timebroker decided that both teams should be merged into one and the excess members be liquidated. Mimic fought alongside his fellow Exiles against Hyperion, winning the battle with only the loss of Magik.
The next mission found them back on Earth-616 where the group gained Namora (a female version of Namor from another reality) as a new member and only told "lose your possessions and earn your wings" as their mission. Due to the explosive temper and desire to get back home the Exiles found themselves in battle with the Fantastic Four and Namor until things were sorted out. The group later learned that they had to leave their teammate Nocturne behind to make room for their newest edition, the student of Xavier's school named Beak.
After a brief stop on a world where Morph had to stop an insane Impossible Man the group was on a world where the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was waiting for them (thanks to the clairvoyance of member Destiny) and Blink was replaced with Mystique who told them their mission was to rescue the "Big-M" from prison.
With the aid of the Brotherhood, the group soon learned that the Big-M was that reality's Mimic, who was that worlds worst criminal. During the battle, the real Blink freed herself and tried to stop her teammates from freeing the evil Mimic. During the battle both Mimic's clashed, and during the fight the evil Mimic probed the mind of his alternate reality counterpart and learned that the moment their lives deviated was that the good Mimic said yes to Xavier's offer to join the X-Men. Seeing the memories of where Mimic's life could have gone, the "Big-M" decided to return to his cell and reform and would later become a great hero and teacher to mutants in his own reality.
Next Mimic and the Exiles saved a reality from Ego the living planet; Saved another reality by buying a danish; were trapped on a world ruled by Zarathos who had usurped the power of Kulan Gath; and battled the embodiment of team member Sasquatch's power Tanaraq.
Their next mission found themselves back on the world where they had left Sabertooth, much time had passed and the nightmare reality that was deemed to occur had happened, and it was learned that both Sabretooth and Blink had to murder David Richards. The Timebroker demanded that the group kill Sabretooth and attempted to goad Mimic into doing so, however when this plan failed and the group refused to kill Sabretooth, the Timebroker transported them to the Age of Apocalypse (which was recently restored) and added Holocaust (another mutant originating from this reality) to the group to increase tensions.
Instead, Holocaust aided the Exiles in using the M'Kraan Crystal of this reality to travel to the Panoptichron (or the "crystal palace" as it is later dubbed by the group) home of the Timebroker. Where they find that the Broker himself was not real, but controlled by a group of dimensional traveling insects who accidentally caused the cataclysm that the Exiles have been charged with fixing, and that all their fallen members are in stasis in this realm. Worse, the evil Hyperion survived their last encounter and freed himself, taking control of the facility.
During the battle, Mimic was severely injured by Hyperion and was forced to remain in his iron form and placed into stasis when Hyperion was finally defeated with the aid of two Hyperion's from other realities that were recruited by Beak.
The groups next mission found them trying to find a way to heal the injured that were in stasis. One of their attempts was by getting the aid of one realities Dr. Strange who was a specialist in super-human medicine. Strange discovered that one former Weapon X member, Deadpool, had a phenomenal healing factor and revived him. Deadpool promptly murdered the doctor and sought to free his Weapon X friends. Heather Hudson (now "mission control" of the Panoptichron) then freed Mimic and allowed him to mimic Deadpool's abilities while the Weapon X member Hulk (Jen Walters) killed Deadpool. Mimic was saved by Deadpool's amazing healing factor, however was left with severe body scarring which was the factors side effect.
Before finding a way to cure his skin condition, the group gave into the demands by team member Beak to return to his home reality. When the group returned to Earth-616 they found that reality greatly changed due to the effects of the Scarlet Witch's reality warp. This new version of reality found Beak's girlfriend, Angel as a fashion model who has no children and is being stalked by the mass murdering Mutant-X (Also known as Proteus).
During their battle with Proteus, the group learns his weakness is metal, however Proteus manages to scan the Tallus and the memory banks of the Panoptichron and learn how to reality jump. Fearing the worst, Mimic attacks but holds back long enough for Proteus to use his reality warping powers to revert Calvin back to his normal state and possess his body.
In Mimic's body, Proteus then jumped to a new reality, using his knowledge to try and find one of the most powerful bodies to sustain him.
Proteus traveled to Earth-15731, a world chronologically in the year 1986 and at it's dawn of super-powered beings (called Paranormals). Here Proteus planned on possessing the body of Ken Connell who has possession of the Star Brand. During which, Proteus ended up battling the vigilante named Justice (John Tensen) and was forced to possess his body when Calvin's became a worn out husk.
Mimic's remains were recovered by the Exiles and placed in stasis, his memories merged with the mind of Proteus. Blink first "buried" Calvin in a crystalline shard planted in the "infinite desert" within one of Panoptichron's rooms. However, she later decided she was being selfish and decided to return his body to his home world, Earth-12, for proper burial. While there, she shared the story of their experiences with his fellow X-Men, and Professor X was so taken with her that he offered her the chance to stay on as a member of the team. No sooner had the offer been extended than another reality needed saving, and she had to decline and depart.
The year is 2009, the reality Earth 617…. Calvin has awoken on a strange in a strange place, confused and disoriented, remembering only that Proteus had taken him and used his body up and knowing she should be little more then a corpse.
But no… he was not a corpse. He felt vital and alive, alive and with a new chance in what seems to him to be a new world. He does not know why he is alive or why he is on this world but Mimic has decided to make the best of it.
RP Sample:
Darkness… Blink Screams… Blink... Clarice… Another Voice…
…Let me go yuir killin’ me!...
…You brought it on yourself!... He screamed back in anger and hatred.
…No! yuir No Murderer! Ye made a sacred oath! I saw it in yuir mind!...
The light was so bright and it burns his metal hand as he grips the creature’s throat.
…Calvin, LISTEN tae that little voice in yuir heart—the one that says…
I hesitate… why… because I didn’t want to kill anymore… but… they needed me, Clarice needed me…
…Ha-Ha!..Made ye Hesitate!...ye had yuir shot at me…
Then darkness… nothingness… until now…
“Ohhh what the hell hit me.” Calvin groaned as he awoke to the sound of squawking above and bestial roaring in the distance. “Clarice… you… ok?” He groans and looked up expecting to see his purple skinned love and groaned only to see the crater in which he lay and the dense jungle surrounding him from whence the sounds of ferocious animals came from.
“Ok… I don’t seem to be in Kansas anymore… or New York for that matter.” He shook his head and stood slowly on wobbly and pained legs. “Well… unless this is New York circa 65 million BC… “ He chuckled and fell over again with a growl of pain only to see two clawed feet standing at the edge of the crater. “Uh…” He paused and looked up the scaly, long muscular leg which held up a 6 foot tall, 20 feet long drooling lizard. “…Oh… By any chance, you would not be related to Barney?” He grinned nervously as the obvious dinosaur stared at him with unblinking eyes then leapt into the air and down towards him with a long hook like claw on its foot ready to slice and dice him.
“Thought not!” He snarled and looked to his hands as three large bone claws sprung from each. He felt the rage and energy build up in him allowing him to leap upwards in a sideways motion, avoiding the raptors claws and sinking his own into its side. The side of the beast ripped apart like paper being cut by scissors and then…
Bang!!!
His face again met with the ground and the taste of dirt and blood stained his mouth. “Not… Cool…” He shook his head and groaned. “Not cool… at… “He paused again looking over at the dead lizards body and then up at the other end of the crater to see two more…”All…What is this… pick on Mimic day?!” He sighed and nodded feeling his body become cold and hard, his skin and bone claws shifting into a shining metallic substance. “Ok beasties… bring it on because I need the work out!” He shouted only to see the other too advance a few steps then stop and look up into the air. “What? Come on I am ready… I mean I cant really use my legs and my arms hurt like a bitch but I'm ready! Come on!” He shouted out again just as the man sized monsters turned and ran off from whence they came.
“Ok why did they do that?” Calvin pondered the question he asked himself out loud though the answer presented itself rather quickly as the beautiful, green jungle trees in the distance parted and the 27 feet tall 40 feet long king of the dinosaurs, better known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, appeared with a drooling mouth fool of razor sharp teeth and its beady little eyes focused on Mimic.
"Uh... you would not happen to be related to Barney either would you?" He chuckled nervously. "I mean I was ready for them... they were... well... your big you know that?!"
The lizard kin took no notice at what noises its prey was making, it hungered for fresh meat... fresh blood and this little thing was the perfect target.
Seemingly helpless.
Code word: Rebirth (in his case literally lol)
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[/u]First Name: Drake
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Age: 24
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