Dr. Verona

## Physical description

### Eye color

Light Green

Dr. Verona is a major NPC in Reflection. She is a famous doctor and one of the founders of OPIA, and currently serves as the hospital's CEO.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Verona is a tall, light-skinned woman with light green eyes and blonde hair. In her work outfit, she wears a plain green dress that goes down to her knees and reveals part of her chest underneath a large white labcoat with some lime green details. She also wears a black, skirt-like jacket from the waist down, as well as heeled black boots with red heels. She also often wears earrings made from spider lily petals.

### Personality

Verona is serious and determined, often dedicating her all to accomplishing her goals. When dedicated to an objective, she can become somewhat frightening in her ruthlessness. Compared to some of the more eccentric figures she frequently interacts with due to her line of work, Verona can be seen as a bastion of tentative "normality", and is often exasperated by the antics of her assosciates. Despite this, she deeply values those close to her and will do whatever she can to ensure their safety.

## History

### Early Life and Station One

Verona was born in Fuse City in the recent past. She studied medicine at a hospital known as Fallen Arm, focusin her doctoral thesis on the esoteric wounds and infections that the early explorers of the Coda incurred while on Coda dives. Her studies led her to Station One, the only bastion of non-GEIST dominated resistance against the Demonic incursion. She assumed somewhat of a leadership role at the station, and worked alongside Ridill Arondite, the Director, and the founding members of what would come to be known as the first Wave of FLOW. While overseeing a sparring match between Willow Wisp and Ruth Galatine, Verona was attacked by a Demon. During the insuing combat, the two mercenaries mysteriously bonded to Reflections for the first time. Verona began studying Reflections soon after.

Some time later, while on a train in Fuse City, the train was attacked by a Demon, who managed to seriously wound a wealthy man. Ridill, who was also on the train, attempted to treat him, but was barred. Verona treated the man instead, using the techniques she had learned over her time at Station One to save his life. This event led to Station One being flooded with funding, which Verona used to found a new hospital - OPIA.

Around this time period, Verona mysteriously recieved a journal written by a past incarnation of herself, which contained information that was in some way vital to the founding of OPIA and the creation of some of its medical products.

### OPIA

As the head of OPIA, Verona oversaw the construction of the new hospital on the arm of Upwind, and was involved in many of OPIA's subsequent projects, including the AI program, the study of otherworld Elements, and the establishment of FLOW Wave Two. On Wave Two's first day, she greeted them as they went to choose their Reflections. She specifically informed Arg0s that his streaming would be vital in wielding public opinion to ward of GEIST from demanding or stealing Reflections.

The day following the coffin incident, Verona was reprimanded by an anonymous GEIST CEO alongside Ridill and the Director for allowing so many Reflections to be stolen. That night, she spoke with the members of Wave Two about plans to begin breaking off from GEIST's domination and negotiating a better contract. The next day, she used her authority to remove a squad of GEIST soldiers from Melli Luxity's hospital room, and discussed with her her possible futures now that she had bonded to a Reflection.

After the incident at the GEIST warehouse, Verona oversaw the cleanup process after FLOW resolved the crisis. The following day, she informed Willow Wisp that her old lance had been retrieved from the Coda, and asked if she wanted it to be retrofitted into an Echo Weapon, which she agreed to. After heading to The Rangers' garage to have it retrofitted, she attended Cam's body coronation. Before Wave Two went out on a mission to implant probes on the first layer of the Coda at the behest of GEIST, she assisted Arg0s in reverse engineering the structure of the probes, and implanting a hidden backdoor with the assistance of Circuit and Cursor.

### The Court of Death

Following the mission on the first layer, Verona tasked the members of Wave Two with considering whether or not they wanted to continue working at FLOW. That night, she was pleased to see them all make clear their desire to remain. Following Basilisk Id's disappearance into the Coda, Verona acted as the administrator of the last-ditch mission to retrieve her and Ruth, while also defending OPIA from GEIST. After Basil and Cam returned, Verona helped to restrain Basil as she entered a violent, maniacal state. Once the rest of FLOW returned from the Coda, she joined Arg0s in freeing Fio's body from Jasconius's basement. While approaching the basement, Verona discussed various personal topics live on stream in an effort to lower her Burn. After Wave Two fell from the sky upon killing the Hunter of Mortals, Verona used her Reflection to break several of their falls.

### Epilogue

After the end of the battle against the Court of Death, Verona met with Number Five, who was now the sole CEO of GEIST for the time being, and managed to negotiate OPIA's administrative independence from GEIST and a large increase in funding. She was also present to see off Ace after he left FLOW following recuperation from his wounds.

### Act Two

Verona visited Ace in the hospital after his Flame-less body was retrieved. She offered herself as a possible provider of Flame for him to consume to remain conscious, as her Reflection allowed her to convert blood into Flame. While Ace was searching for a roomate, she offered herself as a possibility. Later that night, Verona and Treble met with Xi in a secluded corner of the Undercity, where they delivered her barrels of Pureflame. After the transaction was complete, Verona returned to OPIA. Some time in the afternoon, she contacted Ace to inquire as to who he was going to bring on patrol. That evening, she was present at the base of the Coda to oversee the initial inspection of the felled entity that attacked Basil.

Some time later, Verona called a meeting of the FLOW Gate heads to discuss where the organization was going to be focusing its forces against the incoming global Demonic offensive. After hearing several minutes of debate, she suspended the meeting until that night, when they would come up with a final decision. In the meantime, she tasked the heads with picking out which of their subordinates were ready to go on such a pivotal mission. She joined Arg0s in supervising the Gate of Gravity. Later in the day, she asked Ridill and Treble to help clean in up in the aftermath of the Gate of Dreams's testing. She eventually found her way to the VR chamber, where she participated in a virtual capture the flag game. A few hours later, she gathered the agents of FLOW in the garden to announce their mission. Late that night, she frantically messaged Arg0s to tell him that the Court of Compulsion was attacking OPIA HQ. After the battle, she contacted Willow to check up on her and give her footage of Colt's kidnapping.

## Abilities

Verona is incredibly well-versed in matters of Coda-related medicine and other fields involving otherworld science. As the head of OPIA, she is also well-versed in business and both corporate and large-scale politics.

Verona has a gun.

### Reflection

Verona is a Reflection user. She wields an unnamed Reflection that allows her to manipulate blood. This includes the ability to convert blood into Flame.

## Gallery

Icon by Baileaf, design concept art by Neko265 and Roma

## Trivia

* Verona is the only actually certified doctor at OPIA.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Above and Below
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 For Tomorrow
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/reflection-dr-71171070
4. ↑ Forgotten Hero
5. ↑ Beachside Burn
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Neon Sparks
7. ↑ Bedside Manners
8. ↑ Colt Classic
9. ↑ Dear Sweetest Me
10. ↑ Superhero
11. ↑ Night Ride
12. ↑ Tumbling Down
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 For Today
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lock And Key
15. ↑ I'm Still Alive
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 No Options
17. ↑ Through The Gate
18. ↑ Lost Blade
19. ↑ Uneasy Future
20. ↑ Chasing Ghosts