Orion
Hudson City
Where Heroes Lose Their Innocence
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Russ Bear Jshowell & Koslov
Andy Matthews Raphael DiSantiago
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Section A - History
Question 1: When you were a child – what was your favorite toy?
I started getting buckets of toy soldiers when I was four, and had several armies of them when I stopped playing with them at ten. Loved them. They did as I told them, and they lived, dired, ressurrected, and fought again. Never worked out so cleanly when I became an adult.
I also loved the Etch-A-Sketch I got for my ninth birtday, and the sketchbooks I bought with my own money, after I was ten. Sorry I left those behind when I ran away from home.
Question 2: Who was your best friend when you were eight? Are you still in touch? If not, why not?
I met my two best friends when I was in kindergarten. We ran loose around the neighhorhood a lot, and got interested in the gangs together when we were fourteen. Billy died about then, in an initiation, and Felix Calderon ratted out my TK powers, so I had to solve that problem myself.
No, I didn't kill him. I killed the MF he told about the powers, and we skipped town, came to Hudson City. I joined up with the DiSantiagos, and he hit the streets for the gangs. But he passed his GED at eighteen, and I helped him to get off the street. Now he's an HCPD detective, and he owes me a lot of favors. I've paid back all the favors I owe him.
Question 3: What was your best school memory?
Question 4: What was the highest level of school you attended?
Question 5: Why did you leave home, how old were you?
Section B – Family Life
Question 1: Did you have brothers or sisters? Are you close to them? Do they live nearby? (provide names as necessary)
I had a little sister, six years younger, practically a baby. Not quite nine when I left home. I babysat her sometimes, but hated the cleanup, when she was little. We used to sing along with the radio. She had a really sweet voice. She never cried a lot, though. Her name was Theresa. How would I know where she is? I never went back.
Question 2: What was the most important thing your mom (or dad or both) taught you when you were a kid?
My dad told me I had to rely on myself. He told me to watch out for the rest of the family, and not to take any of them at face value. He told me to smile and nod, and speak politely, and to remember, most people were rats, and rats will eat anything.
Mom taught me to sing, she tried to teach me about God, but it didn't take very well. She taught me to draw, and she taught me about music. And she showed me that even people you love can be all sick and twisted. She scared the livin' daylights out of me.
Question 3: Are you married? How long? Do you have kids? (please provide names as necessary)
Are you kidding me? I'm not exactly marriageable material. And there's too much good stuff out there to leave it on the shelves for some other guy to spoil, anyway. If I have kids, nobody ever told me. So, I guess not. Women know what family I'm from, and they probably would have come to me to ask for help. Nobody ever tried to extort anything from me for some by-blow. They'd know better than that. What? Sure, if the docs proved it was mine, I'd find a way to help with it. But I changed diapers when I was seven. Never going to do that again. Unless it's part of a mission. And no, I'm not really interested in a mission like that.
Question 4: When was the last time you saw your mom and dad?
Question 5: Did your parents divorce? If so, how old were you and why?
No, I doubt it. Mom was crazy by the time I left, but dad wasn't the kind to abandon her. And they were both devout Catholics anyway. No, you can be crazy and be a Catholic.
Question 6: How happy was your childhood? ... On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being the highest) -- #
Section C - Personality
Question 1: What would you say your best character trait is?
Really nice legs. No, not mine. Yours. Did anybody tell you that your eyes flash when you're embarassed? They do, they really do. What, me, hitting on you? Perish the thought. But this room makes me sort of nervous. You ever been to the Jovian Club? No? I can get us a reservation for lunch, and a private booth there. Sure, I always pay. No, you won't owe me a thing. Yes, bring your questions along. But I'm gonna ask you some questions, too. Yeah, if you ask personal questions, I will, too. No, I won't insist you answer them. That wouldn't make me any kind of gentleman, would it? Hey, is that a sorority button? Which one?
Question 2: What would your friends say your worst character trait is?
Well, Cheryl, I don't actually have a lot of friends, y'know. It's not that I don't like people. But most of them aren't very real, you know? It's all an act, all show. Not many of them are very honest, like you seem to be. No, I'm just fine with the question. What do you think is my worst character trait? I'm a what? A wolf? An' you got into my car with me? Does that make you a sheep or a she-wolf, baby? No, don't answer. I know that depends on the circumstances, right?
Okay, I'm going to answer the question. Most people just don't interest me very much. They're as exciting as cottage cheese on a race track. Loose floozies at a society shindig. It's okay to blush. Makes you even cuter. Hey, this is the place. Let's go eat. We have our booth.
Question 3: Do you have a best friend? What is their name, how long have you been friends?
He's a detective on the HCPD. I've known him since kindergarten, and we went through a lot togeher. He's a good guy, Family man, and got a wife and two kids, an' a mistress. Just kidding! No, I see him pretty regularly. We get together for drinks, or burgers. I'd rather not give his name,because he's sort of under cover. You know what that means, Cheryl? Let me whisper it.... Hey, hon, are you okay? It was funny, right? Sorry I startled you. And let me help with the menu. I've been here lots of times.
Question 4: What personal items are on your work desk?
I don't really have a work desk, Cher. I do have an art studio, of sorts. What's there, then? Art supplies, some paintings, a few busts. None quite as charming as yours, I suspect. Did you know you have a great laugh? Oh, I keep some oils there, including massage oils. Scented candles. A lot of other things. Did you know, I sometimes paint ladies in the nude? No, don't be embarrassed. I didn't mean you! What? You would be... just a little? Interested? Hey, here's our drinks.
Question 5: When was the last time you took a vacation, where did you go?
Baby, life is a vacation. You take it when you can, with the right person, whenever she comes along. Makes work go better, faster, longer, stronger. Helps tune the engine, and rev things up. Are you a little hot?
Section D – Your Secret Life
Question 1: What is your job? Do you enjoy it? How long have you been in it?
Well, I was a sort of corporate ttroubleshooter for my family. It paid very well, and it was sometimes pretty damn challenging. Got to meet people from every walk of life. I have to say, it was occasionally a killer job. But to be honest, I was sort of a slave to Family interests, and ended up being called in all hours of the night, for a lot of things where I didn't really agree with my clients.
I was really good at it, but in the end, it was time for a change. So, I checked with my family, and decided to retire early. Yeah, at my age. I was VERY well paid, and still pick up occasional jobs on the side. But now, I can take off time to do what I want, most of the time.
Like me with you. Another glass of wine? There we go. No, sweetheart, I have plenty of things I work on, just nothing I haven't chosen to do. How old? Let's say I'm old enough to know what I want, and how to chase after it. How old are YOU, then? Umm, I'd say twenty, but you have that look of a woman of more maturity. Oh, twentyfive? Just finished business school? What kind of business are you into, Cher?
Question 2: What are the personal items on your work desk?
(In the car, separating after a kiss) Hey, I answered that, I think. Maybe you'd like to go back to my 'office', Cheryl? Take a look for yourself? No, whoever told you that had to be kidding. I think we can find something else for us to do with your legs.
Question 3: If you are involved, does your significant other know about your Heroic identity?
Question 4: When you go out for a night on the town, what do you wear? Where do you go?
Oh, I like to go to the clubs. If I have a date, a nice dinner, and once in a while, a show, instead of the clubs. You ever been to the Hippo Club?
Question 5: Do you have any weekly recreational activities?
Nothing planned. Maybe you would like to go to this little family dinner we're having in two weeks? Or not? I don't blame you. Actually, I go to Pentathlon meets, or sailing, or gambling. Sometimes I meet the guys for cards or drinks. Training now. I'm sort of surprised they didn't vet me until now, but I was put on the team by Angelo, not by their choice. I actually enjoy socializing, but I'm not usually so talkative.
Question 6: You care about being fashionable?
(Laughing) Not all that much. But the Family expects it, and once I had a cousin who taught me how. She's...gone now. And no, I'm not talking about her. Just you. Oh, really? Well, we both had a big lunch...
Section E – Your Heroic Life
Question 1: How did you get your powers? (short version)
Question 2: Who was the first criminal you captured? What was the crime?
Well, that's debatable. I broke the legs of a loan shark who drained cousin Willy dry when I started with Javier. We talked for a while about how he was going to go to the hospital on the cash I was leaving him, and then he was going to stay out of that kind of thing, again.
Oh, you mean heroics. I spied on Heatwave in the streets, and helped her with a gang of teenagers. It was sort of fun, even if she wasn't as in control as she should have been. Liked her initial costume. Showed her ass very nicely. Well, it did.
Question 3: Have you ever saved someone’s life (in costume)? Give a brief description of the incident.
Don't sound so doubtful, Bastion. Yes. Right after we 'came out' I started night patrols. Deadpan Alley area, mostly. I was studying criminal acts, the first few nights, but when a couple of muggers drew a knife on a waitress after payday, at midnight, I intervened. They never saw me, and they both survived. I made a pay phone call to the police, while I consoled the dear girl.
Question 4: Who gave you your heroic name? Why?
Jethro Tull.
You never heard of Jethro Tull? It's a band, still playing, sometimes, I think, but mostly 1970s and 80s. Um, hard to describe. Rock balladeers. Song was called "Orion" about Orion the Hunter. Loved it. No, I didn't buy the rights to the song. Just liked the name.
Question 5: What happened the first time your powers manifested, how old were you?
Not much. I picked up my fallen toy soldier, and checked to see if the base was warped. It wasn't, so I just shrugged it off. Great origin story. I was ten. It took me a few years to decide I wasn't being haunted, and that Mom's insanity wasn't affecting me. Much. How's your sanity, cousin?
Section F – Miscellaneous
Question 1: The last time you attended church was? What kind of church was it? (if any)
I stopped attending Church the first time Mom yelled at me that I was going to hell. I figured, she was already there, and if I was going, there wasn't a lot of point to attending church. Catholic Church, of course. I was thirteen..
Question 2: Have you ever been summoned for Jury duty, were you selected, what was the case?
Never been summoned. Angelo pays the system to avoid selecting us for Jury Duty. You didn't know that?
Question 3: Please tell me what you are passionate about and why? (arts, music, sports, food, movies, etc.)
(long silence, followed by a slight cough) I enjoy sex, planes, and automobiles. But not sex with cars or planes.
Question 4: What is in your wallet or purse? How many keys are on your key chain?
If I tell you, I have to kill you. No, I don't mean it. Really. It depends on which wallet I'm carrying, and the purpose. A guy in my position needs to always practice alternatives. I keep a wad of money behind my belt buckle, if I die in combat and you're sort of in need. I won't mind.
Question 5: Describe your ideal day?
Question 6: You dislike having your powers?
Not at all.
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