Web Girl

June Bug and Web Girl #1

## **Post -Entropy History**

Yuki Aiko is noted as one of the youngest metahumans to emerge post Ragnarok. Her powers first manifested when she was 6 years old. When her parents thought she had a fever, they took her to the local hospital. What the parents and doctor did not understand, her fever was a case of the Unicorn Blight. When the webbing she can create coated her throat, she projectile vomited it to the ceiling. The people present thought it was some kind of mucus because her fever dropped the moment it came out of her. Believing that she was fine, they took her home where she soon learned how to create more.

Yuki's parents are overbearing and heavily controlling. They also saw any abnormalities as "abomination." She watched her younger brother, born with Down's syndrome, be sent off not long after being born. She was always told he was sent away because he was "different." The parents never clarified what "different" actually meant. So from that point on, Yuki hid her powers from everyone; friends, family, and community. She would sometimes take times in the bathroom or alone in wherever she could find, to "clear out" the buildup in her body and spray webbing. Her parents thought she was going through puberty and thought nothing of it other than to give her a lecture about the dangers of masturbation.

When she was 10, on the way home from school, one of her only friends, Benjiro, was almost hit by a distracted driver as he was crossing the street. Out of fear and acting on instinct, she webbed him out of the way, saving his life. However, this was in full view of her school. Both students and teachers came out to find out what had happend, yelling at her, asking her questions, and overloading her already fracturing emotional state. To her, she had just shown she was "different." AKA, a freak of nature and an abomination. In terror, she let loose a web cachophany, spraying about in all directions at once, which included cars, pedestrians and most of her class. She ran home in terror to find her parents alerted.

Her parents, disgusted with the act she did, webbing the whole school where people could see, chastized her, her mother beating on her for being "different." Again out of instinct, she sprayed webbing, this time encasing her mother and father completely, as well as most of the furniture in their small apartment. Completely shamed and without hope, but not wanting to kill herself, she grabbed everything she could from her room and all the money from her mom's purse and ran. Her last words to her family were: "I'm sorry. Please forgive this abomination."

She travelled alone for a while, not knowing what else to do. She saw Chevron's invitation to superpowered individuals to join him in his "Utopia" of Terraq. Using the last of her money and hitchhiking (while pretending to be a boy) Yuki found passage to Terraq. The trip there made her even more uncomfortable as predominately criminals took Chevron's offer. She saw the world that awaited her and thought, "this is the fate of demons and abominations."

In her resignation and misery, she was approached by Junebug, known as ThugBug at the time. What she thought was another monster who might claim her or exploit her, turned out to be as she put it, another lonely soul of the web. He bought her tea and they ended up talking. He worried why he was seeking her out when he admitted that she reminded him of a sister he never had. He swore if she had any issues to talk to him. The two bonded over the months. When Terraq was attacked by Paramericans and the Sentinel Society, she was terrified and was about to accept her doom at the hands of either force when Thugbug asked her to escape with him. Seeing him as a Big Brother and one of the only people on the planet to accept her, she took his hand and the two of them fled, faking their deaths. When Thugbug burned all his paraphenalia, she remarked that he was more than just a thug but one of the most hopeful people she had ever met. She also remarked that his flight pattern, which was random and changed trajectories often, was like that of a junebug she saw when she was in Texas on a field trip. From that point on, he christened him, "Junebug."

They have been on the run ever since, constantly moving worried either the "heroes" who saw them as wanted criminals or "Villains" who saw them as traitors to Chevron and Terraq might find them. When possible they have "put down roots" which meant taking a new identity, getting work, and enrolling Yuki in school. Otherwise, Junebug homeschools her the best he can. While they do get looks and strange attentions, as she is a young asian girl and he an older white male, they tell most they are step related and ignore any other questions. This hasn't stopped them from being "freelance heroes" and fighting crime and injustice in whatever town they are in.

Yuki is devoted to her "Ani Gerry." She has accepted her role as sidekick and is willing to follow Gerry to the ends of the earth and she knows he feels the same.

## P**owers and Abilities**

### **Powers**

Webgirl, much like her name suggests, creates webbing which she can project in any direction. Normally she uses her limbs as foci for her powers, as it easier to aim, but she can use any part of her body. On occasions of intense stress and danger she can even set up a "Web Nova." where waves of webbing explode out from her in every direction. These novas can drain her, so they are considered a "last resort" measure.

With her webbing she can create ropes to swing with. The sticky nature of the webbing isn't always projected. She can encase her fingertips and boots in a thin layer of webbing which mimics a wall crawling ability and helps her climb very easily even on smooth surfaces or even upside down. Her webs tend to disintegrate after 20 minutes or so.

She can create a different, stronger webbing which can last for days. However, she is hesitant to produce it as she calls it "cocoon webbing." She thinks that it might have other properties that she isn't aware of and frighten her. (Behind the scenes note, she thinks Cocoon webbing might actually cause a mutation of any inhabitant within a full cocoon. She might be right.)

### **Strength level**

Web Girl possesses the normal strength of a young girl who engages in intense exercise, normally through play but also through adventuring.

## **Paraphernalia**

### **Equipment:**

Web Girl wears a kevlar like leotard, one of her last possessions from Terraq. She takes care of it as it has saved her life numerous times.

### **Transportation:**

BugOut: the old Exterminator van that she and Junebug live out of.

### **Weapons:**

None, though she is proficient at Kyokushin Karate, equivalent to a green belt.

## **Common Enemies**

* The Kingdom of Terraq
	+ Chevron
	+ Snowflake
	+ Time Killer
	+ Investigator White
	+ Roiling Hiss
	+ Devil Bats
* The Secret Society of Mu
	+ Sovereign Sorcerer
	+ Madame Satan
	+ The Yithian
	+ Leviathan
	+ The Broker

## **Common Allies**

* Quantum Knights
	+ Stinger
	+ Orca
	+ Subatai Goldberg
	+ Deadgirl

* El Magnifico
* Quantum Academy
	+ Naiad
	+ Cirrus

## **Trivia**

* Speaks fluent English, Japanese, and is learning Latin.
* Is currently 13 years old.
* Is devoted to Junebug. Sees him as a surrogate older brother. Others think she is his daughter because of the age difference.
* Has just discovered "tween romantic lit" and loves it.
* Wears fake glasses as part of her civilian disguise. Costumes has goggles because her eyes are sensitive to wind and direct sunlight.