Morty Merlo

Agent Peril

> The mad teenage scientist known as Morty is a hazard to have near a chemistry class. With their black heart and villainous instinct, you’ll be certain that you’d want to run away. Morty seeks to take over the world to teach society a lesson. Regardless of all that, Morty can be a helpful member to the agency with their ability to control and read minds.
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> The Codex speaking about Morty

## Information

Morton “Morty” Merlo is a protagonist in the Atonement Academy. They are a student at the titular school, a waiter, and an AP scholar. Their signature colour is red and their power is mind-break. Their main weapon is the Chemical Control Radar.

## Appearance

Morty has black hair and magenta fade with dark brown eyes and light tan skin. They usually wear the mens' school uniform, consisting of a blueish-grey blazer, a dark orange sweater vest, a white long sleeve dress shirt, a yellow ribbon, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. When they are outside of school, they wear a navy blue t-shirt, a black lab coat, black pants, and black slip-on shoes.

## Personality

Morty is the most serious character. They have little to no patience and will get frustrated when someone disturbs them during their work. They are depicted as a mad scientist with villainous undertones. They are quite apathetic and don’t care about other people’s emotions. They are unfriendly with the other agents, treating them more as pests than friends. When they are not worrying about school, they are usually at home testing out science experiments.

In the *Volcanic Outcry* arc, Morty sought revenge on a girl who gave them a terrible scar on their forehead during a chemistry lab accident. They've thought if they stole the Karma Krystal, they could curse the poor girl to have a punishment that would last her until she's had enough. However, they didn't think about this thoroughly as Stacy gives them a picture of the future and how she'll withdraw from the academy and never return because of them and the school would hate Morty for being so over the top.

They don't listen and still make it happen because of what she's done to them. As Morty begins to state the curse in the most detailed way possible, they find Polskey crying because he could never do anything right. Morty starts to understand human emotions. They regret everything they've done to Amelia and stops the curse before falling into a pit of lava.

Many days later, people have presumed Morty to be dead. However, they come back to school and is seen studying in the library. The gang are amazed of how they managed to survive, to which Morty simply tells them that they used the Hellporter. Edward gets upset at Morty for taking his weapon, but praises him for being "one crazy son of a b-tch".

## Powers

### Supernatural

Morty has the ability to mind-break. They have the ability to control people's minds and to read them as well. They can manipulate what others say or do. They can also brainwash their victims into forgetting memories.

### Skills

They have a very high IQ. Unlike the other agents, they are extremely cunning and manipulative. They also have a passion for science, more specifically, chemistry. They can make dangerous substances or weapons, mind-warping elixirs, and other chemical experiments. They are also bilingual, being able to read, write and speak fluently in English and Spanish.

### Weapon(s)

Morty has the Chemical control radar. With this weapon, they are able to make chemical-related attacks. If they are lucky, they can deal lightning damage.

## Stats

### Moves

* Chemical Spear- Morty uses their knowledge of science to make a pain-inducing weapon that will likely poison the enemy
	+ Effects- 175% of Damage; Poisoned
* Counter- Morty uses the power of mind control to make the enemy counterattack on themselves.
	+ Effects- 100% of Damage; 30% Health Regenerated for 1 round after enemy attacks.

### Info

* Immune to Shadow Damage.
* Weak to Fire Damage.
* Sanity is low.
* Attack is medium.
* Defence is medium.
* Speed is high.

## Trivia

* Morty did not state their gender, saying that gender was useless to them. Although, they were more drawn under the masculine umbrella.
	+ Despite not having labels, they went by they/them for consistency and neutrality.
* Morty is obsessed with science.
* Morty's partner in justice is Polskey Watt.
* Because of their low sanity, their eyes sometimes do not have any shine or gloss to them at all.
	+ Edward also has low sanity, but his eyes still shine like everyone else.
	+ Morty's lack of gloss in their eyes might be due to them being completely insane.