Sim

Sim, likely short for "Simian" was a first-generation cybrid who was part of Mole's Genetic Victims Society and briefly joined Match's Wanderers before being arrested by VALER.

### History

While his real name was unknown, it was understood that his mother was apparently from Turkmenistan and his father from Florida and met when his father was on an US Army peacekeeping mission in the early 80's, but the family had a falling out over faith when Sim's cybridistion begin to manifest. As such it was assumed that Sim was the result of PGI's mixup.

As Sim said his parents moved around the US often, it was likely that various military and governmental agents let Sim slip through the radar, and was one of several unaccounted for after many Americans came to Britain for that artificial insemination trial that led to the first cybrids.

After running away, Sim encountered fellow cybrid and mute Pip in an abandoned church in Chicago where he was forced to steal for food, until one day caught by the police, Mole intervened and took care of the two into his organisation.

He and Pip formed a romantic interest and they became main supporters of Mole's supposed ideal of creating safehouses and social aid to genetic experimentation victims, but along the way was used by Mole as soldier in more aggressive riots in an attempt to overthrow government and organisations supporting genetic manipulation.

When the GVS collapsed and Mole vanished, he like many others felt betrayed and he was pressed into Match's group The Wanderers, who were little more than a violent gang stealing for food whist trying to uphold their own version of Mole's ideas that Pip and Sim disagreed with; When the Wanderers began a riot after a protest in the city of Charlotte in North Carolina and VALER was called to aid, Pip and Sim gave themselves up willingly, claiming they were only with the gang out of desperation.

After a trial Pip and Sim were actually granted a safehouse funded by Dylan Ostium's law firm so long as they payed their dues to any damage they caused, but he and Pip were later found murdered by someone who had taken genetic samples. VALER concluded that first-gen Cybrid were being hunted and harvested by Black Labs mysterious agents.

### Personality

Sim was cautiously enthusiastic about being a "hero", while having dreams and aspirations of using his abilities to help others, he was often overburdened with the stark reality of the world he lived in and his own condition. Nevertheless his dedication to protecting Pip proved he was committed to Mole's original ideal of supporting the GVS, and this extended to being empathic and understanding to others; As Mole's ambition began getting more aggressive, Sim was only one of a few not riled up by Mole's speeches of "Them vs Us", and even after his time with teh Wanderers, never liked the violence committed by these groups.

### Appearance

Sim was a tall, tan-skinned male with brown eyes and short dark hair, his cybridisation granted him hairy back and tops of the arms as well as ape-like feet, but could pass for a normal human should he wear shoes.

### **Powers and abilities**

**Powers:**

Sim was a first-generation cybrid with animal genes that came from a Chimpanzee these manifested during a puberty-based mutation which occurs to 95 percent of first-gen cybrids.

**Part-Simian Cybrid Physiology:** Sim developed a number of apelike-abilities and characteristics thanks to the mutation caused by his cytoplasmic hybridisation. Because of the closeness of chimps to humans, visually he was one of a few cybrid who could easily pass for human.

* ***Enhanced Olfactory Senses:*** Wile most chimpanzees senses are on par with a humans, Sim's sense of smell was slightly more precise and honed than the average human.

* ***Enhanced Agility and Reflexes:*** Sim's acrobatic abilities were way above that of even the finest athlete, particularly in terms of reaction time and hand-eye coordination.

* ***Enhanced Strength:*** Sim had particularly enhanced upper-body strength stronger than the finest human weightlifter or acrobat able to press around three tonnes, this enabled him to lift his own bodyweight with ease, swing with his arms without pulling tendons or muscles and even carry weights whilst doing so.
	+ **Enhanced Grip:** He had powerful tendons in his hands and arms that allowed him to grip with almost 300 pounds of force.

* ***Enhanced Balance:*** He seemed to be immune to vertigo and had an extremely steady sense of balance.

* **Apelike Feet:** His feet were more like hands, the only major physical mutation he possessed, and was able to hide these in large shoes quite comfortably.

**Abilities:**

* **Natural Combatant:** Although he had superhuman agility and sensory input he still had to learn the basics, and quickly became a master of hand-to-hand styles
* **Mechanical skills:** He had some knowledge of mechanics, plumbing and vehicle maintience.
* **Computer knowledge:** Although no hacker, he had quite a wide array of computer-based skills.

### **Limitations and weaknesses**

At first he had trouble controlling his strength, particularly his grip, he later refined his touch and gentleness.

While passible for a human,, his cybridisation gave him monkey-like feet that he has to hide should he wish to pass for a regular.

Sim may have had naive ideals when it came to being a "hero".