Serendipity

Daniel Sharman as Victor Delano

GENERAL Name: Victor Delano Birthdate: 02/14/1946 Faction: Contingency Plan Codename: Serendipity Position: Student/Handyman Hometown: New York City FAMILY STATISTICS Partner(s): Kellan Miller Height: 5'10" Father: REDACTED Weight: 180 lbs Mother: REDACTED Hair Color: Light Brown Siblings: REDACTED Eye Color: Blue Children: NA

Background

Victor 'Vic' Delano's dad was a WWII vet who left his wife for a younger woman. His mother was a drunk who lost custody of him after too many instances of neglect. They both died during Vic's childhood. He was bounced from foster home to foster home, and what he learned about life, he learned from the streets of New York City.

Once he turned eighteen, Vic was bounced to the streets with nothing but the clothes on his back. He got by on petty crime, and he spent some time in juvie. After spending some time in Sing Sing, Vic hated it enough he was determined to change his ways.

He never got the chance. On the last day of his sentence, he was attacked in the shower and received a brain injury that left him in a persistent vegetative state. He was transferred to a care facility. He wasn't expected to recover.

Then there was an incident. Long story short, Strange and Wanda were attempting to contain a newly birthed consciousness made of pure energy, whose potential power made it dangerous to Earth. It slipped their noose but didn't escape the spell entirely. Compelled by magic, the consciousness darted into the nearest available vessel, which happened to be Vic. From an outside perspective, he made a miraculous recovery, and he was released from the facility.

The entity, who thinks of itself as Serendipity, has the memories imprinted on Victor's brain, though it only feels like he knows it, not that he actually lived it. Being human is a fascinating thing to Serendipity. He likes it, and being bound in flesh has curbed his potential dangerousness substantially. He's content to live his life as an enhanced human rather than a supernatural powder keg. Crisis averted.

IC Events

• Is brought into being by Dr. Strange and Wanda Maximoff, a mote of energy with disastrously powerful potential.
• Finds a brain dead body and occupies it, choosing to be human instead of a cosmic power. The body belonged to Dr. Strange's first cousin, once removed, named Victor Delano.
• Meets Kellan Miller. They get on like a house on fire.
• Moves in with Kellan and his twin Kaleb. The household is later joined by Jay Guthrie.
• Joins Contingency Plan to help fight crime and make New York safer.
• Helps Kaleb Miller and Magneto to free captured mutants.
• Gets into Professor Xavier's school, where his favorite subject is History.
• Hit by a truck and killed. He comes back to life after a painful ordeal and realizes he's effectively immortal.
• Studies Tai Chi and other martial arts at his father's recommendation and tutelage in order to be more effective in combat and to become more centered.

Traits

Powers

• Healing Factor: Vic heals very quickly, repairing most damage to his body within minutes. Super severe injuries might take hours or days.
• Effectively Immortal: Vic can be killed, but that doesn't stop his healing factor from making him whole again, and he comes back to life. Depending on how badly his body is damaged, the process can take hours or days.
• Telekinesis: Vic can move things with his mind. He's restricted by a weight limit of what he can lift, and he can move it at a speed at what he can physically throw.
• Pure Energy: Vic is a being of pure energy. He can imbue it in others by touch, meaning he can ease someone of their fatigue an speed up their healing (to about half what it would normally be). He can also absorb energy from others, draining them until they pass out from fatigue. He can't kill with this power, but he can disable an opponent. He can also burn out light bulbs and temporarily short-circuit electronics.
• Supernatural Strength: Vic can lift and throw upwards of two tons.
• Supernatural Speed and Agility: Vic can run about one hundred miles per hour, and his normal day to day agility is reflected in his speed. Not only is he quick, he's got the nimbleness of an acrobat and can move through urban terrain like an expert in parkour. Only fast.
• Enhanced Metabolism: Due to his healing factor, Vic's body processes toxins often before they can do much damage, making him immune to most poisons.

Skills

• Criminal Skills: Vic's got basic criminal skills. He can pick locks, break into cars and buildings, and steal stuff. He also knows how to move quietly and has a good idea of what the street situation is in any given neighborhood.
• Street Fighter: He knows how to beat people up, plus he's got situational awareness and knows how to use his environment to a tactical advantage.
• Resourceful: Victor can manage to find food, shelter, and other necessities relying only on a quick mind, ingenuity, and a touch of boyish charm.
• Smart: Vic's not supernaturally intelligent, but he's in the upper range of human intelligence. He learns quickly, allowing him to pick up knowledge and skills at a faster than average rate.
• Martial Arts: Vic is a student of martial arts, which helps him with his street fighting.

Advantages

• Hidden Caches: Due to his resourcefulness, Vic has stashed bug-out bags around the city so he can access them wherever he is. These things include things like non-perishable food, clothing, enough cash to get a bus ticket out of town, and a basic first aid kit. In the more dangerous neighborhoods, there might be a gun or knife in the bag. New York is a big city, so he doesn't have immediate access to his stuff, but he's got two or three bug-out bags hidden in each borough. He routinely checks up on his caches to make sure they haven't been raided, which does occasionally happen.
• Somewhere To Go: Vic knows New York City. He knows where the shelters are, where one can find an abandoned building to hole up in, places to avoid, and how to get from one place to another efficiently. He's usually within ten blocks of somewhere to hide.
• Contacts: Vic gets around, and he's got plenty of street-level contacts. For example, he knows a guy who knows a guy that'll fix your problems for a price. He's done a favor for the bodega owner down the street and she owes him. The guy who owns a deli in Midtown likes him enough to give him free food. He's also got friends in low places from his criminal past. Who he knows and who he doesn't depends on what's best for the story.
• Family: Vic has found his family, and it turns out they're quite powerful. He's the son of Dr. Strange and Wanda Maximoff, by magic if not by blood. He is also related to Dr. Strange by blood (first cousin, once removed). One might want to think twice about crossing Wanda and Strange's son.

Flaws

• Sobriety: Because of his fast metabolism, Vic can't get drunk. He's also gets no benefit from pain killers or other medicine because it cycles out of him too quickly to take effect.
• Criminal Record: Vic has gotten himself into some serious trouble in the past, and though he's trying to keep his nose clean now, there are law enforcement types who know who he is and aren't all that confident he's changed his tune. There are places in town where he has to step lightly.
• Ravenous: His fast metabolism requires fuel, and Victor is hungry most of the time. The kid can put away a lot of food in a sitting, and he's always up for a snack. The hunger can get distracting if he hasn't eaten recently.
• Must Recharge: Normal day to day living doesn't affect Vic all that much but when he's used his powers excessively, he gets depleted and needs to recharge. After a huge battle, he might need to sleep for up to sixteen hours, and he sleeps deeply.
• Family: Vic has high profile parents (Dr. Strange and Wanda Maximoff). Someone wanting to mess with them might start with their kid, so he tries to keep his parentage a secret.

Soundtrack

• I'm a little glowing friend, but really I'm not actually your friend but I am.
• I'm walking on sunshine!
• Shiny happy people holding hands.
• Roam if you want to, without anything but the love we feel.
• And that is why I stumble to my knees.
• No grave can hold my body down.
• Life, I love you, all is groovy.

Gallery

Logs

▼ Show logs

1964-06-26 - Congratulations! It's A Boy (log: billy social strange vic)

1964-06-24 - Ice Cream and Beaches (log: billy contingency kellan social teddy vic)

1964-06-24 - Happy Birthday (log: kellan social vic)

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