➥ STATUS : CLOSED @doghoods ➥ FEATURING : AGENTEPSILON + AGENTBYTE
it's not often she visits the medical bay. as an intelligence agent, the worst injury she deals with is a papercut. ( call her retro if you must, she prefers seeing things out physically. helps with the headaches she's never gotten. ) " hey, got anything for migraines ? " yejide is not above faking an ailment for information. there's worse she's done to sate curiosity. " over-the-counter stuff never works for me, and natural remedies are failing. " not even a half second pause after her poor explanation before she jumps coyly into the real reason she's ventured so far away from intelligence. " those images that were shown... real weird right ? is any of that possible ? like, medically ? "
please stop asking me how i'm doing, idk i'm ignoring it
" oh, trust me, i've been here for five years and i still get spun around. " yejide slips her phone out of her jeans and grins at ari. " i made a mini navigation app specifically to help people get where they're trying to here. i can help you figure out where you're headed and then send you the link ? " the application was birthed from boredom, as all great technologies are. her sense of navigation has never been the best, managing to get lost even when it is virtually impossible to do so. " do you like it here so far ? "
open, the mercy hq courtyard, afternoon of may 3
"These are good digs you all have here. I was starting to think I might never find my way around." Ari gestured at the labyrinthine complex as they spoke to their companion, clearly still adjusting to the world of Mercy. It had been over a month now since the merger, but that didn't mean Ari felt at home yet, still getting to know both the headquarters and the people that worked within it. Never mind the fact that the newcomer didn't entirely feel they were wanted, despite their best efforts to change that. "How'd you ever get used to it? One wrong turn and it feels like I'm never gonna find my way out."
1. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice / 2. Black Sails (2014-2017) - XIII / 3. The Glass Essay - Anne Carson / 4. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) / 5. Grief Lessons - Anne Carson
two things: I hate change and having my routines interrupted. I hate things being the same it’s boring
➥ STATUS : CLOSED @mercyfuls ➥ FEATURING : AGENTMERLIN + AGENTVITALIS
" it is all a little bit fucked, no ? " somewhere, somehow, he manages to find a spark of humor in this. forearms bear his weight as he leans against the railing on the roof and stubs out a cigarette. " i do not often turn to cynicism, but what else is there ? " he doesn't believe in manifestation — he can say anything and nothing will change because of it.
𝟶𝟶𝟷. 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙲𝚂 ...
⋯⋯⋯ GENERAL DETAILS.
FULL NAME: guinevere lovelace. NICKNAME(S): neve (if you must use a nickname, this is preferred), winnie (reserved for family). ALIAS: previously known as agent bloodhunter. AGE: twenty9. DATE OF BIRTH: august 5. PLACE OF BIRTH: seattle. CURRENT LOCATION: apex city, washington. GENDER: questioning. PRONOUNS: she/they. ORIENTATION: bisexual. OCCUPATION: reporter for apex news network. EDUCATION LEVEL: bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science.
⋯⋯⋯ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, ETC.
HEIGHT: 5'10. TATTOOS: none. PIERCINGS: ears. SCARS: many on her left shoulder / arm and others scattered about. STYLE: sleek, striking, bold. enjoys a dramatic overcoat or statement piece. incredibly fond of accessorizing.
⋯⋯⋯ HEALTH.
ALLERGIES: none. SLEEPING HABITS: average. incredibly light sleeper. never sets an alarm as she just seems to wake up when she needs to. EATING HABITS: well. meal preps. SOCIABILITY: 7/10. interrogative and prying though she keeps a front up to make herself / her questions seem unassuming DRINKING / SMOKING / DRUGS: socially / no / no. RADIANT STATUS: n/a. solaris failed to work. OTHER: hard of hearing in left ear.
⋯⋯⋯ PERSONALITY.
LABELS / TROPES: intrepid reporter, reluctant hero, fallen hero, action survivor, undercover as herself, badass normal, deadpan snarker, hidden heart of gold, undying loyalty INSPIRATIONS: lois lane (dc comics), veronica mars (veronica mars), karen page (marvel) TRAITS: determined, resourceful, compassionate, scrupulous, stubborn, distrustful, impulsive, resentful, envious, closed-off, pragmatic, adaptable, observant, driven, independent LIKES: coffee, traveling, martial arts. DISLIKES: red tape, being underestimated, sensationalism. WEAKNESSES: impulsivity, severe trust issues, difficulty with authority, emotional guardedness, tendency to shoulder burdens alone. STRENGTHS: investigative skills, resilience, adaptability, resourcefulness, negotiation, martial arts. FEARS: betrayal, powerlessness, loud noises. HABITS: checking her surroundings / checking for exits, strict routine, double/triple checking any information, carrying a weapon at all times, limiting true / deep personal connection. HOBBIES: martial arts, cooking, cryptic / logic puzzles, urban exploration.
⋯⋯⋯ FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, ETC.
MOTHER: evelyn lovelace, biomedical agent, whereabouts unknown. FATHER: marcus lovelace, psychiatrist, alive. SIGNIFICANT OTHER: n/a. BEST FRIEND: none. EXES: womp womp. SIBLING(S): elidyr lovelace, field agent, deceased. CHILDREN: none. PET(S): a betta fish, unnamed.
𝟶𝟶𝟸. 𝙱𝙸𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙰𝙿𝙷𝚈 / 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽𝚂 …
marcus and evelyn lovelace were part of mercy organization from its inception. evelyn in particular was a young researcher in biomedical who was part of the team that made solaris what it is today. a couple years before project genesis, she gave birth to her second child, guinevere. marcus was more hesitant about mercy and decided that it was best for him to raise her and her older brother, elidyr, in seattle while evelyn continued her work in apex city.
when guinevere turned fourteen, marcus was offered a position as a therapist in apex city, and the family was properly reunited. it wasn't surprising when eli joined mercy as a legacy junior agent a couple years later.
neve practically idolized both her parents and older brother and always assumed she'd follow in their footsteps. she excelled in her studies, driven mostly by an eagerness to make them all proud.
she studied journalism and political science before joining mercy as well. eli wasn't shy about being related to her, going as far as to help her train whenever he had the availability. their mother, however, decided it would be best if she stay out of the way of her children, though she occasionally checked up on them when possible and without raising suspicion of favoritism.
during her time as a junior agent, she forged a close bond with an agent who was in the same joining class as eli. both neve and this agent were driven by a shared sense of idealism and a desire to make a strong difference. when it was possible for them, the agent volunteered for project genesis and underwent the solaris treatment.
unfortunately they underwent a practically catastrophic transformation, emerging a changed person. when they'd previously been quite bright and optimistic, they'd become cold, calculating, and ruthless. they were given incredible powers but to neve on the outside, it seemed that it cost them their humanity.
neve began to distance herself from them out of concern for them as well as herself. still, she was chosen to come on what should have been a relatively easy mission that included their (former?) friend as well as elidyr along with another agent.
what should have been a routine recon mission spiraled out of control when the four agents' cover was blown and they were ambushed. off guard and outnumbered, the team were forced to fight for their lives as they fled. guinevere watched as the fourth agent fell dead, and then as their (former?) friend used elidyr as cover for the two of them to escape the immediate fight and find a way out. neve made the split second decision to detonate a cache of explosives they had discovered earlier, allowing them a distraction to escape the carnage, though the mission had clearly been an absolute failure as valuable intelligence was lost along with two agent lives.
haunted by these events, wallowing in blame, and tormented by the knowledge that she was somehow responsible for the death of her brother and another agent, she knew she should have left right then. however, she figured that if she was already so close to graduating from junior agent status, she may as well see it through and take solaris.
yeah... solaris didn't work for her. they waited weeks and it amounted to absolute zilch.
horrified by everything she experienced and disillusioned by project genesis and mercy as a whole, her decision to leave mercy behind and forge her own path was reinforced. she cut ties quickly and started up an anonymous blog regarding apex city as a whole.
also um at some point her mom went missing???? so she's also using what remains of her connections to figure that out.
a year ago, she was given a job interview at apex news network, and was hired as a reporter. she's determined to uncover what the hell is really going on, though she keeps that very much on the downlow as she doesn't want to seem too conspiracy theorist. for now she does her due diligence as a reporter and ex-mercy agent by utilizing what remains of her connection to mercy to get information that will be useful to the network.
𝟶𝟶𝟹. 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 ...
coming soon but $10 to anyone who wants to take up either marcus lovelace or the (former?) friend / current mercy agent. mwah <3
➥ status : open + ongoing ... ➥ location : mercy's recreation center
not a full ten seconds pass when the other agent walks in before yejide scrambles to her feet and beelines towards them. " okay, so, hear me out. i know everyone's super stressed and wants to make sure they're getting stuff done and everything, and that's cool and important but i feel like people are driving themselves into the ground. " she speaks a mile a minute, her pre-prepared spiel thrown out the window the moment she had someone to deliver it to. " i'm proposing an organization-wide game night. " a finger is held up to silence them before they have a chance to respond and she looks over her shoulder at the video and board games she set up and brushed the collected dust off. " i think it has a chance to be successful, i just need support. "
➥ STATUS : CLOSED @sp3cters ➥ FEATURING : AGENTARES + AGENTVITALIS
he trusts her far more than he trusts in himself. despite opposition to letting anyone else witness his problems and concerns, he bears a modicum of truth in regards to himself when sloane is around. he sits on the floor of his office, back against his couch/temporary bed, and a recently emptied crystal tumbler in one hand. maxime sets the glass down and looks over at sloane. " i am tired of thinking i know anything. of thinking that there is any action i can take that can save anyone here. not after everything that's happened these past weeks. "
the world tried to burn all the mercy out of me […] but you know i wouldn’t let it
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