MC

MC
--

* Current
* Human
* Level 1
* Arbiter Form
* Young
* FemMC
* Dream MC

MC is the nameable protagonist of Superhuman.

## Background

### Origins

The MC is the only child of Stephen and Syla. The family had a largely pleasant and unremarkable life but Stephen's clandestine work would take him away from home for long periods of time which meant that Syla did most of the child rearing. Stephen was also veteran who had served alongside others like Nathan Foxglove and Jeff but was estranged from them and their families. This meant the MC had a relatively isolated upbringing, his social interactions being largely limited to his strange mother and the other children at school.

At some point in his early childhood, likely when the MC was between 12 - 13 years old, the MC and Syla were involved in some kind of incident that resulted in Syla's death and the MC being severely injured. The circumstances of her death are unknown but it is strongly hinted that the death was monster or supernatural related. Using his vast contacts, Stephen was able to get his son into a top-of-the-line secret clinic, likely (but not confirmed) run by Tanos Xanthe. The treatment the MC received supposedly saved his life but also gave the his trademark scarred eyes. The MC however has no memory of the surgery or the accident that put him in the clinic. It is also likely that this clinic is where the MC is first seen by Ella Vulpe who would have quickly realized his compatibility with monster infection and perhaps worked him into her plans for the future.

In any case, the MC returns home after recovering at the clinic for a few months. He is still self-conscious about his scars so he wears a blindfold or shades to keep his eyes covered. He also fights with his father Stephen, who refuses to tell him what exactly happened to him and Syla. In an act of rebellion, the MC runs away from the house and falls in with a homeless camp. He stays at the camp for approximately a month before the camp's unofficial leader takes him aside and counsels him to return home and hash it out with his father. Stephen and the MC come to an uneasy truce and the MC returns to home, though Stephen never does tell him the details of the accident.

As he was slowly reintegrating into middle school, he bumped into another boy while walking down the street. The boy was Deryl Livermore, also reeling from the loss of his mother. Deryl angrily told him off and tried to intimidate him, which largely set the initial tone of the relationship. Deryl was a bully and physically larger than the MC but the MC was a cunning and tenacious fighter so the two largely engaged in a vicious back and forth war of escalating pranks and fights. Deryl would beat up the MC and humiliate him over the appearance of his eyes and the MC would steal everything in Deryl's locker and plant cigarettes or other contraband and get him busted. He would also pawn off Dery's stolen items to Shopkeep. The MC had also become friends with the two Foxglove twins, so he outed Deryl as a cheater, causing a rift in his and Amber's relationship. These confrontations continued to escalate for a year until the MC stole and pawned off a necklace that had belonged to Deryl's mother. The two once again got into to fight, but Liz steps in to stop it and takes a punch from Deryl. Amber, seeing Deryl hit Liz, finally breaks up with him and calls him out for being a massive asshole. She tells him that MC had lost his mother too and that the only reason she had given him so much leeway was because she could see he was hurting over his own mother's death. She and Liz both leave, telling Deryl that they're done with him. This seems to break Deryl's spirits and he turns to leave, but the MC takes the opportunity to restart their brawl. The two fight until they are tired and finally begin to talk, slowly bonding over their shared loss of parents.

Deryl eventually convinces the MC to come talk to Daryl as well; hoping his shared loss can motivate Daryl to finally leave his room and resume his life. Daryl is non-committal but Derek Livermore returns to the house, drunk, and furious at Deryl for supposedly stealing from his wallet. In truth the MC had actually been the one to steal the money. Derek physically attacks Deryl and the MC and is about to seriously hurt them before Daryl intervenes and stops his father. Daryl and Deryl quickly leave to go live with their grandmother, who - upon hearing their story - promptly calls the police on her son. Derek is given two years in prison. Ultimately though, the experience helps the Livermore family heal. Derek is able to get clean in prison and returns a changed - and sober - man. Daryl is able to shake off his malaise and join the MC and Deryl in finishing his high school. Deryl - with a new best friend at his side - is able to come to terms with his grief and repair most of his relationships. The MC, Deryl, Daryl, Dave, and Jordan all form a group of friends and finish up high school together.

### Mafia Arc

By the time the MC has evolved, 2 months have elapsed since the start of the game.

### Valravn Arc

6 months have passed since the beginning of the story.

### Twins Arc

At the time of the S.I.N induction infiltration approximately a year has passed since the beginning of the story.

## Powers and Abilities

The MC became a superhuman after Ella Vulpe targeted him and dosed him with her pill lures. He was chosen by the 3rd Apostle and 4th Apostle and either one of them - depending on the player's decisions - can become his Superhuman parent. Incredibly, he is able to develop the traits of both the Apostles and become a true heir to their powers and the inheritor to the Arbiter above them.

### Human Abilities

The MC was a normal human adult before his ascension. He was given basic combat training by his soldier father Stephen but is on the small side for a typical adult male. He is also an average student. He does however show an unusually tenacious and creative side when faced with a problem. Based on player's decisions his personality can vary from White Knight to murderous psychopath.

### General Superhuman Abilities

As with most superhumans with physically presenting powers, the MC's body is enormously durable, and he is significantly stronger and faster than a baseline human. Even at Level 1, he could sprint at 50-60 km/h and was able to lift hundreds of pounds of weight. He also has the standard suite of superhuman senses and enhancements which can be dramatically augmented by a large collection of sensory transformations he keeps on hand including: omnidirectional eyesight in multiple wavelengths, acute hearing and olfactory senses, and psychometry from his memory powers. His combat training with his father coupled with his general tenacity and creativity have made him a good fighter.

### Level 1 Abilities

The MC's powers manifest as two distinct but synergistic traits: Shapeshifting (from the 3rd Apostle) and Perfect Tactile Psychometry (from the 4th Apostle). These two powers work together to give the MC a type of perfect shapeshifting where is he doesn't need to carefully study or understand the things he wants to transform into. Rather with a simple touch he gains an understanding of the object's "essence" or "memories" and is able to perfectly replicate it. Were he to try and transform into someone or something without touching it, the resulting transformation would be imperfect. This memory power also allows him to dive into and read the memories of any living thing he touches, gaining their life experiences, thoughts, mannerisms etc. His shapeshifting powers also freely allow him to manipulate his own body as he sees fit. He can change into any animal, person, thing, or shape, manifest tentacles, regenerate from injuries etc. At this level he was largely only able to shapeshift into organic substances. Metal or anything more atomically complex took too much energy to generate in more than tiny quantities. As he gained experience with his powers he came up with the following moves:

Ella also taught the MC how to channel his monster energy into objects to transform them. However at Level 1 he is only able to transform inanimate objects (like playing cards for Alice Alderman's poker game) or dead bodies. At level 2 he was capable of more significant alterations.

### Level 2 Abilities

Evolution to Level 2 bought significant benefits and increases to the MC's powers. The first and most tangible benefit was an enormous increase in power and efficiency. The MC is now able to create significantly more flesh for transformation, replace damage more easily, and efficiently produce inorganic substances like metals. During the evolution he also saw that his power focused along his spine. It's flow is particularly dense by the head and the tailbone.

The MC also became more deliberate with improving his powers. He first systematized combat transformations into three major categories: Full body transformations, Fist transformations for close combat, and Tentacles for mid to long range combat. He then planned out how to train and improve his handling of these skill branches. Working with Michael, observing Valravn's combat style, testing improvements during monster hunts all significantly improved the MC's own combat prowess. He also absorbed the memories of multi-limbed animals like Octopi to improve his tentacle control.

The specific changes and moves stemming from the evolution are documented below:

### Level 3 Abilities

The MC went through an artificially induced evolution after defeating Chimera Tertius. The enormous body fell on him and its corrupted, blended blood soaked into his body. This enormous influx of foreign monster material triggered his evolution. The Level 3 evolution massively increased his powers (nearly tripling it) and sent him into a powerful battle trance revealing multiple abilities and improvements. The biggest change with this evolution was the divergence of his armor forms. All changes of this evolution are documented below:

## Trivia

* According to Amber, Emily, and Liz the MC is a really bad singer and this is shown during the mall meetup when the MC goes to check out the Karaoke rooms where all 3 girls leave the room when he states he's going to sing.
* He is also incapable of whistling,
* MC revealed to Amber & Liz that his height varies day to day based upon what he is doing or his mood.
* It was revealed via memory echo that MC had a C average throughout his primary school year prior to his accident.
* Interestingly the MC has only collected the memories and DNA of animals not plants or fungi. It's unknown if he's even capable of doing so or he simply hasn't thought about utilizing plants/fungi into his powers.
* MC is one of two characters to ever break the fourth wall multiple times with Ella Vulpe being the other.
* When being searched for by the cop on campus while in his female form he states he can grow his penis as long as a football field to the cop.
* MC is affectionately referred to as 'My ugly little guy' by his mother Syla while in his dream state, presumably when alive she referred to him as this as well.