Sophia Valentine

SING/NATURE

**Sophia Valentine**, also known as the **Ace of Hearts**, is a side character in *A Few Cruel Twists of Fate*.

## Story

### Early Life

Sophie was born on November 18, 2000. She had natural good looks, and it wasn’t long before her parents had tried to get her into beauty pageants. As time passed, she grew more confident and knowledgeable, cementing her as beauty and brain.

At some point, she enrolled in Newheart Contemporary Private School, and became friends with Cameron, Germaine, and Mordred.

### Genesis Event

When the Genesis Event struck, Sophie was one of those who gained extraordinary abilities. Specifically, the ability to induce infatuation through eye contact.

### Events of Volume 1

Sophie was one of Mandy’s initial puppets, fashioning her into the Ace of Hearts, a stylish, charismatic villain who stole the hearts and minds of any who dared lock gazes. She manages to get RJ attracted to her, who then wanted to be her ‘romantic slave’, much to her disgust. Lance is also affected, but they simply beat her by wearing shades that filtered the effects of her powers once they discovered how they worked. After the experience, Lance had wondered whether what he experienced with Sophie was love or not. While it was actual, ‘biological and physiological’ love as his brain chemicals were activated the same way one’s chemicals would be if they were in love. However, he realized that he had been going about it the wrong way and he had been distancing himself from Riley as he was worried about developing feelings for Riley, and it was unfair because she just wanted to be friends.

Grateful for freeing her under the effects of villainification, Sophie starts using the very same shades they used to avoid her powers’ effects, albeit inverted, so that only she has to wear it.

### Valentine: Imitation! - Inversion!

Sophie tries out for a spot in the Nightingales, the school choir. However, her insecurities get the best of her, as they accept her mainly because they believe her powers had a real audience impact, which she never wanted to be her draw in the first place. Nevertheless, she saw that she had the opportunity to prove otherwise - that she was more than just her powers and had actual talent.

### Events of Volume 2

Sophie gains enough confidence to run for Class President in 12-Da Vinci, and wins, even gaining a fan in Levi Eleazar.

### Original Timeline (Aborted)

In the original timeline where Dwight came from and had been aborted due to Lance and the team’s efforts, Sophie failed in her quest to become an idol and never achieved her dreams.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Infatuation Inducement**: Whenever Sophie makes eye contact with another person, said person becomes infatuated with her. Sophie's eyes can activate certain chemicals in the brain to trigger a 'love' response, causing the victim to have affectionate and romantic thoughts and feelings for her. Whenever a victim is infatuated, they are more submissive and receptive to her. This effect's duration depends on how long Sophie makes eye contact - a second of eye contact is more or less equal to ten seconds of infatuation. The effect continues even after Sophie has finished eye contact, until the effect has run its full course. (i.e. 20 mins of eye contact = approx. 200 mins of infatuation)

### Abilities

* **Singing**: Sophie is a talented vocalist, and hopes to become an idol someday.
* **Showmanship**: Sophie was born to be an artist and can really put on a show, giving it all in her performances. Eventually, she gets better at really riling up the crowd.
* **Charisma**

## Equipment

* **Spectrum-Filter Shades**: Sophie usually wears these shades, even indoors, to prevent her powers from affecting other people. The shades filter out the waves of light that her eyes emit, so they never reach the people she locks gazes with.

## Trivia

* The name of her future idol group, **SING/NATURE**, is a portmanteau of the words *sing* and *signature*, and by extension, *nature.* Their fans are called **SING/natories**, a portmanteau of the words *sing* and *signatories*.