S O L I C I T U D

APPLICATION
Player Name: Avali
Plurk Handle: ladyavali
Other characters: NA

Character Name: Sombra
Fandom: Overwatch
Character Journal: vata
OU, AU, or OC? OU
If canon, canon point: 30 years after 'la Medianoche' (so just current day, technically)
PB: NA
Superhero Name: Sombra

History: Written bio and the visual backstory short

Additional OC and AU Background: NA

Personality:

"If you could add in one more line of dialogue for Sombra, what would it be? 'Nobody owns me.'"

Sombra was born thirty years ago during the Omnic Crisis, when robots rose up against their human creators without warning. The threat was unparalleled, the damage widespread and it was only thanks to an elite, worldwide cadre of soldiers and specialists that machines were overthrown and the war ended. Still, for Sombra and many children like her, recovery was never so instantaneous: she was left an orphan in a city already struggling to knit its own wounds.

And hey, when you're just another hungry mouth to feed in the crowd, survival instincts are the best friend you never knew you had.

So she adapted. Learned how to press buttons to get what she wanted— and more importantly how to metaphorically do the same when it came to people around her. What she couldn't outright hack, she cheated, she lied to, she played whatever role best suited her in the moment that made living life more than just bearable. More importantly, every piece of information— every new chunk of technology added to her repertoire only brought her closer to unraveling the mystery of just what had happened all those years ago. And who was really responsible for it.

It was also a talent set that benefited her when she chose to join the infamous Los Muertos gang at an extremely young age, a criminal band with a self-serving and simultaneously selfless cause: to save the people of Mexico from the rich corporations and politicians that were feeding on the public. In a way, that duality (as true as it is false) was likely the largest influence on Sombra's young mind. A means to write off any wrongdoing not only without guilt, but also with the added benefit of profit and satisfaction. Indulging herself by investigating literally everything within her grasp (every mystery, every locked door, every celebrity, corporation and CEO) was a byproduct of her skill, confidence and success, but when she unearthed a conspiracy at the heart of Overwatch, Sombra suddenly found herself dangerously in over her head. Unable to protect herself, she erased her existence and went into hiding for years, eventually emerging again underneath an alias and aligning herself with the terrorist organization known as Talon.

As she is now, in spite of everything, Sombra never lost her curiosity or her will to push back against conspiracy. Abhorring the idea of being manipulated, it's ironic that she survives through using those around her, often times making no attempts to mask the fact. She dabbles in blackmail, protects herself beneath the banner of a group that operates opposite to Overwatch and the threat it poses, steals technology to keep her edge and then shrugs off the consequences or accusations without skipping a beat. She's a hypocrite, but hey, it's fine if you say it to her face.

Just don't act shocked when she hacks your email accounts later on. Nothing personal.

That said, as proven by her history alone, Sombra has a habit of being overly confident without realizing it, (something other characters in game will often times comment on: ie Reaper saying 'too smart for your own good' when she's taken down in a fight) and while she's endeavored to adjust and keep herself from repeating those mistakes, there's a baseline habit there that she just can't seem to shake.

In other words, she's not a good person— in fact, she's a very bad human being by default— a byproduct of circumstance for someone who was raised in a world too openly messed up, but if she absolutely has to play the hero, you'd better believe she can fake it like a pro.

Canon Powers:

▲ Hacking

▲ Translocation (teleportation, in essence)

▲ Invisibility/stealth

▲ shooting like a pro, bro

Game powers:


▹ hacking - Using her neural interface and physical modifications, Sombra is capable of latching onto technology from a distance and either hijacking or completely shutting down its functions. Despite this, she can't go so far as to alter a device's primary function or form: a pizza cutting robot wouldn't be able to morph into a transformer or gain any sort of power from her control, but she -could- have it turn its pizza-cutter arm towards attacking its owner or something else in its vicinity. Also important to note is that it takes a certain amount of mental concentration to sustain. If Sombra is wounded, or her ability to think clearly is somehow compromised, the connection will instantly break.


▹ translocation - Via a planted device called a 'translocator', Sombra is capable of teleporting from one location to another in an instant. That said, it's not a perpetual free ride: she can only teleport -to- wherever the translocator is currently planted. So if she threw the translocator over a wall and then teleported to it, she wouldn't then be able to just teleport right back over the wall again.


▹ invisibility - Digital camouflage masks Sombra from sight. This does not counter infrared or body signature vision abilities, etc.

Abilities: Hand-to-hand combat training, marksmanship, con artistry.

Setting: In truth, much of Sombra's existence will probably revolve around digging into the heart of the Legion - its past, its purpose and what its existence (alongside that of its enemies) means for both herself and her world. It's not an innocuous adventure: if anything, she'll see it as a means to gain power, leverage against anyone that hunts or opposes her. But she's subtle about her motives, she's extraordinarily resourceful, and she's more than willing to play nice if that means getting exactly what she wants in time.

SAMPLES

Prose Sample: TDM thread ahoy!

Network Sample: [How much can she get away with? How much should she leave on file? (She's hacked archives, found messages like this in the past: only idiots assume their digitally stored memories are safely locked away out of reach) It's not a bad idea, recording her intentions, if only for the fact that someone else might eventually find it. Think of it as evidence regarding who she is, what motivates her.

Insurance for a rainy day.

After a moment she glances downwards at the screen, lifting a few clawed fingers to manually readjust its perspective.]

I've always wanted to be a hero. [Bullshit maybe, but there were a few occasions when she was little where the idea sunk in. That counts, right?] Growing up in Mexico after the omnic attacks, they were everywhere. Posters, photos - you couldn't get away from the stories.

Wasn't until I got older that I realized they were only that: stories. The real world didn't work that way, and nobody was gonna swoop in and stop the políticos corruptos while there was fighting still in the streets.

[She pauses, thoughtfully setting her chin in her palm as she mulls over the rest of her unprepared monologue - like everything else, Sombra always works better when she's improvising.] Here, things are different. These people fight for what they believe in; they're not afraid of the consequences, they don't let anybody control them.

So I'm thinking of going for it. Make a leap of faith, right? [An exaggerated shrug, the slightest edge of a smile.] At least like this I'd get to do some good out there. Stick it to some bad guys for a change.

Just don't forget about home when all this is over. The world still needs Sombra looking out for it, since nobody else can be assed to.

Well— [she stops, fingers stilling against the tabletop in front of her.] Que te vaya chido.


Additional info: NA

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