Viviana “Vi” Ludwig

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## Appearance

Vi is a fairly average person. Brown hair, brown eyes, just above five feet in height; the most average of people in this big city. Off work she is usually seen with a coat and jeans on. But before the Zoo bombing, she could often be found in typical zookeeper attire.

## Personality

Vi has always tried to see the good in people. She believed in order, and usually trusts authority. The line between good and evil was very clear and defined, or at least she tried to convince herself of that. She didn't condone criminal activity, which led to some very rough arguments with some people. This belief that "all criminals are bad people" led her to create some quick judgments of the people she's come into contact with. Paired with her power to heal, she would often choose to heal certain people based upon their background or career choices, while not healing others. This also led her to have a very rough relationship with Ira, where the two would constantly battle to heal someone.

## History

### **Life**

In her early life Vi had a pretty mixed upbringing. Her father was a military man, and when into the service when she was very little. He had an unfortunate incident with a landmine and when he returned, he had lost both his legs. Vi always swore that a part of him was left on the battlefield. Her mom also left when her father returned as well, leaving for another man in merit city. After all of that happening to her dad, Vi worked hard to try to find a way to fix his legs. She studied hard, and worked her way to the Merit City Zoo, where the Life Foundation was working on cutting edge science involving animals and humans. Vi took a job as a zookeeper and together with her friend Harry they would work long hours at the Merit city zoo tending to the animals. She was trying to get promoted to head zookeeper to gain more access to the laboratories at the zoo, but after the disappearance of her boss after the bombing, her career took a backseat.

### **Death**

After the Zoo bombing, Vi was stuck at home with no work and a "wait until further notice" from the zoo. She decided to snoop around, under the guise that she needed to tend to some of the animals there. When she got past the security line, she saw Jack and his friends running towards the reptile house. Chasing after them, she entered the reptile house to find some of its creatures had escaped. She narrowly made it downstairs following a noise, and she soon found herself in the basement of the reptile house, with a door leading underground towards the laboratories which she had not seen before. Realizing that the hooligans weren't downstairs, she walked back upstairs, only to find more of the reptiles escaped. As she tried to leave, she was struck by a venomous snake and many other animals and went down. She was dragged out by Jack, but eventually passed out from the blood loss and venom.

## Toska

### **The Zoo Bombing (post death)**

After her death, Vi awoke in Vet's care along with a Jaylon and Jack. There were no wounds on her body, though her clothes were bloodied and torn. Though she witnessed Jaylon copy a person and Jack cause "accidents" to happen, she was initially skeptical of her abilities. After a raccoon fell into the house and she calmed it with no effort (and healed it) she realized something was different. She met back up with Jack a day after and discussed the "changes" that were going on and realized she had her calming aura and some amount of healing. After the meeting they both resolved to go back to the bottom of the reptile house to gather more information about what happened.

### **The Reptile House Laboratory**

A few days after their death, Jack and Vi went back to the reptile house to see what information they could gather as to the origin of their powers. The animals had been evacuated, and there were no guards. While down there, they found that the hallway to the laboratories was closed off due to a cave in. However there was a separate laboratory in the opposite direction. It contained information about experiments revolving around "angry salamanders", and using the chemical created from them for some nefarious purposes. They ended up stealing some formula notes, but as they were leaving Jack and his friend were exposed to the chemical and got enraged. Vi had to use her power to calm them down before they left to go meet up with Vet and calm them down. While there, Vi and Vet had a heart to heart.

### **The Grand Re-Opening**

Vi spent some time afterwards compiling data and figuring out all she could about EO's, and why the Life foundation was tied to the growing number of EO's. During the ceremony, Vi tried to hide among the crowds to get in contact with the new CEO and a lady who survived the incident named Jaime. Using her status as a zookeeper, she was able to get into the back of the stage, but was unable to get into contact with either of them.

### **Research and Meeting Jaime**

After the failed attempt to meet up with the sole survivor of the Zoo Bombing, Jaime, Vi went to a local library to do more research on EO's. She used the public library to access the internet and find forums that talked about EO's. Eventually this consistent searching for EO knowledge drew the attention of Jaime and Ferrari.

## Powers and Abilities

* Vi has the ability to calm anyone around her.
* Through touch (or soul connection), she is able to transfer some of her energy to heal a persons wounds.
* Additionally, while she is touching a person she can view a person's soul. She can grasp the nature of the person and their morality. She can also see if they have anything wrong with their soul and mend it.
* During the later portion of her life with powers, she was able to take away someones life force through touch contact.