Love

Art by Shanuraru

> *"And she continued to sing this as I felt myself smile through my tears, eventually stopping and laughing as she sang. She made me happy. I loved her so much because she always knew what to say, she always knew what to do. She was such an amazing person and I wish I could have known her more…" - Love*
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Love is one of the main protagonists in the Paradise Chronicles. She was the leader of the Deads during the Dead War and would eventually join forces with Paradise Corporation. After the war Love and the other Deads officially joined Paradise Corporation.

## Appearance

Love is a woman with maroon hair that she normally keeps in a ponytail that spills out behind her. She also has bangs that fall onto her forehead on either side along with two shoulder length sidelocks that frame her face. She has green eyes and a round nose with light freckles on it. She has one dimple on her left cheek. Love has a handful of piercings, two studs on her belly button and two studs on both sides of her hips.

The outfit she is seen the most in consists of a green army jacket that used to belong to her mother, black tank top that shows off her midriff, beige cargo pants and brown boots. There are a few other outfits she wears as well but this is the one commonly seen.

After The Philadelphia Project she would gain a tattoo on her left shoulder of the word "DEAD" in big bold letters with a box around it, as if a stamp on her arm.

## History

### **Early Life (2003-2024)**

Love is the daughter to both Robert and Kathleen Douglas. Her father was a senator in the Eastern United States, and because of this Love and her family lived comfortably for her early life. Love's mother would primarily take care of her, being the real only parental figure in her life. However when Love was 8 her mother would pass away due to lung cancer. She was then left with just her father who would regularly leave her home alone with just their butler Clyde. Clyde would become a new parental figure for Love, though there was much more abrasion between the two. Eventually when Love turned 18 she was kicked out from the home by her father as tensions had grown over the years.

After this Love would spend the next few years trying to survive the best she could. Not having the money to go to college, as it seemed her father would not support her, she would work as a convenience store clerk in the city and barely make enough to rent a small apartment for herself.

### **Renegade (2024 Onward)**

During the early months of 2024 Love was kicked out of her apartment due to her rent going up, this forced her to find a quick way to earn cash so that she could get a new place. She would eventually find out about government testing that was going on that would give her $5,000 USD. Jumping on the opportunity she went to go and get tested. Upon going to a test center she was knocked out and experimented on as a part of The Philadelphia Project: more specifically, the reinstatement of it. She would not survive the testing initially, but later come back to life as a Dead. This would also be the time that she would meet Vlad, K9, Ko, Boffin, and Victoria: other people that were tested on and became Deads themselves. Realizing the damage that the government was causing to it's people, Love and the rest of her new friends decided to uncover the truth of these experiments. They wanted to expose the government for their unethical treatment of their civilians and humanity in general.

While in the midst of this Love and the Deads would come into contact with Paradise Corporation, who would offer a hand to help in their rebellion soon turned war. With this added help Love would be able to accomplish her goals while also helping Paradise Corporation with their own troubles. Eventually the original group of Deads would become members of Paradise Corporation, including Love.

## Personality

Though a bit of a stretch, Love can be childish at times. Especially when it comes to her heart. She will help those in need and make sure she is the center of that assistance. She thinks that most if not all things can be overcome with good vibes and positivity. Even though in reality that isn't the case. This spills into her attitude of helping others in her own special way: taking the wheel and steering the situation where she thinks it needs to go. Sometimes this works, sometimes this results in a horrible crash. But no matter what, Love makes sure it was her in the end. People say that can be stepping over boundaries or just plain dumb, but to Love it’s helping people out the best way she thinks she can.

Love does not back down, even when put into a corner she will go down fighting. She says she got that from her mother even though she barely knew her. Her mother taught her that her opinion matters and that people should know that and not mess with her. Some could say that would just be her being “short-tempered”, but if you told that to Love she would beat you down literally and figuratively.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Human Abilities**

Due to the events of the Dead War, Love has picked up a lot of combat skills. Though her skills are nowhere near that of a solider, she can at least stand her ground better than a normal civilian even with training.

With the help of Ko and Vlad, then soon later members of Paradise Corporation, Love was able to train to use guns more effectively. Though the only type of guns she would become proficient at were handguns. Most notably she would use dual pistols in combat, however she was not the best with this style.

### **Deads Abilities**

Love is the only known Dead to have the same abilities as Mr. Black, that being the increase in stamina and endurance along with the ability to "Berserk." During this berserk state she becomes less cognitive but has increased speed, strength, and endurance on top of the already increased endurance and stamina. Also like Mr. Black it does not mean that she is indestructible. The amount of damage she can take does have limits.

### **God's Gift**

The God's Gift given to Love is what she calls "Time Vision." Love is able to enter into a state freely in which she can see time in an extremely slowed down state. This power is able to help her compensate for her lack of training in war and fighting, letting her make quick split second decisions that to her can be calculated for at most 3 minutes. Love herself cannot move normally but also in a slowed down state, her mind is the only thing that is unaffected by the power.

The best way outside of combat to use this power is to scout out potential danger. Using the power and then using her peripheral vision to look around and see if there is anything out of the ordinary or if there is a trap. She can also use it while with people to study their movements.

## Trivia

* Love has never gone to college nor has tried to due to money problems.
* She was the star pitcher on her high school softball team growing up, even earning trophies for it.
* Her favorite bands are "Rise Against" and "The Offspring"
	+ If she could Love would get a guitar with a print similar to the album cover "Appeal To Reason" by Rise Against.

## References and Citation

1. ↑ Coffee Break: *"Daisy And The Rose"*

## Gallery

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