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[December 14th | 2010] |
 OUT OF CHARACTER:
Name: Rena
Age: 26
Email / AIM: gobildigook[at]gmail.com / trixytonks
IN CHARACTER:
Name: Simon Bellamy
Age: 21
Status: Human rifter
Arrival Date In Game: December 2013
Job at Camp: Communications - internet/cellular/radio
Source Material: Misfits, after episode 2x06
PB: Iwan Rheon
Canon Puncturable?: No
Brief Background:
How does a nice, quiet boy become labelled a delinquent? Why, he pisses in someone's letterbox in an attempt to quench the fire that he started. He had only lit the fire in a bid of revenge against a bully, but had not expected to hear a dog barking from inside the house. The dog had never done him any harm, and this is how Simon was found with his penis in the letterbox. Cue community service, picking up litter, painting over graffiti, and becoming invisible.
That last one isn't a typical side-effect of an ASBO, but after a freak storm hit that first day, Simon was able to turn himself invisible. It was involuntary at first, and no one believed he was able to do it. Eventually he gained control over his new ability, and was able to make other things invisible too if he was holding on to them. His ability works in the way that he can make people not notice he is there, rather than any complicated business of light bending.
While the storm gave Simon, Curtis, Alisha, Kelly, and later Nathan, special abilities, it had an adverse effect on their probation officer. They kill him in self-defence, and come across the body of another ASBO like themselves who he had killed. They buried their bodies, but not before Simon stole his credit card and used it online to give the illusion that he was still alive and out of the country. This did not go unnoticed by their new probation officer, who turned out to be the fiancé of the murdered one. She seduced Simon to try to find out what happened, taking on the identity of ShyGirl18 and complimenting his pictures and videos online. Unused to female attention, Simon falls for her. When the truth unraveled, Simon accidentally murdered her. Oops? He did it for the gang! Why he kept her body in a freezer stocked with cornettos is another matter entirely.
When a bunch of cardigan-sporting clones started to possess Alisha, Curtis and Kelly, it came down to Nathan and Simon to save the day. Invisible, Simon failed to rescue Nathan from his final words, SAVE ME BARRY! And he died. The first time. The weight of this decision leaned on Simon's conscience, but when Nathan turned out to be immortal, Simon found some courage in his conviction. He had done the worst thing possible to Nathan, so what was left? Simon called Nathan out on his behaviour when Nathan berated him for letting him die.
 And then they were friends! Simon had neglected to tell his friends that he had been in a psychiatric unit, and it wasn't until an infatuated girl named Lucy tried to tear them apart that he became brave enough to speak up to his friends (after an jaw-dropping blowjob from Lucy-Alisha, and a very embarrassing date proposal). They were and are the only friends he had, and he has protected them countless times. Despite wanting nothing more than to be friends, Simon got a little more of Nathan than he could handle. A tattoo artist made Nathan fall in love with Simon, and he was as loud about his love for Simon as he was obnoxious. Simon jumped to the rescue again on taking initiative from Super Hoodie and used the tattoo artist's nut allergy against him. Oblivious to Alisha's newfound admiration of him (due to his future self, Super Hoodie) Simon asks a charity worker called Jessica out for a drink. Nathan was convinced that Jessica had killed him the previous night and Simon took offence at it. Jessica turned out to be a virgin - like him - and they took care of that little problem together. It was Alisha's turn to save the day when Jessica's father attempted to kill Simon, but the poor little weird kid remained oblivious to Alisha's affections. He and Jessica split - murderous fathers are most certainly a turn-off. More than any of the rest of his friends, Simon wanted to use his powers for good, despite killing the odd person. After Curtis explained to them what would happen if they became famous, he and the rest of them went to visit the person who had killed them all and... well. Protected themselves. The last thing Simon remembers before waking up in the forest is closing his locker door and getting a slap on the arse from Nathan. Personality Overview: Though Simon used to be crippled by shyness, he has become more confident while in the company of his new friends. He has become more able to stand up for himself, and more certain of what sort of person he wants to be. Simon is of the opinion that he and the others were given their powers to help others, to become superheroes. He is seemingly alone in his point-of-view, but has risen to the challenge of saving his friends time and again, and has only grown braver with each conquest, no matter how trivial. Since he has no other friends, he is very protective of those four he has, and will stop at nothing to protect them. Creepy, isn't it? Simon does not know yet that he and Super Hoodie are the same person, and does not know that Alisha loves him. He is still absolutely rubbish with girls, but is at least no longer a virgin. Having the attention of a pretty girl was a marvellous boost for his confidence, even if Nathan kept ruining it by insisting she was a murderer. As he spent most of his life as a perpetual loner, Simon spent a lot of time online. He became very good with computers and technology, and has an avid interest in photography and videos. He loves music and is never seen without his iPod and his phone. Though he doesn't gloat about it, Simon is probably the cleverest of his new friends, and uses cool logic in sticky situations. Special Abilities: Simon has the ability to turn himself invisible. Now that he can control his gift, he has been able to make other things invisible too – he successfully robbed ten thousand pounds from an armoured van and no one saw anything. Whether this ability will carry over to people remains to be seen, but so far it's just objects he is holding. He's also very good with electronics, and looks surprisingly awesome without a shirt on. SAMPLES:
» You're outside the gates alone. Lucifer shows up, willing to make you a trade: damning information on the inner workings of camp, for the life of someone close to you.
"You don't look like Lucifer," Simon said, but he shied away from him anyway. Nervously, he smoothed down the front of his hair and looked back over his shoulder. He felt his point was valid. Although he wasn't the religious type, he figured that Satan and Lucifer were one of the same, and this man looked about as threatening as a postman. He didn't even have red skin.
"What did you think I would look like?" Lucifer said, toying with him.
"Not like you," Simon paused, nervously regarding Lucifer from head to toe out of the corner of his eye, "You look like you should be on 'Glee.'"
Lucifer looked less than impressed at this short statement. Simon, despite thinking that this was some half-hearted prank pulled by Nathan, wilted a little.
"Nonetheless, my offer still stands. Just say the word."
Simon's lips screwed up as he attempted not to smile. He hadn't been in the camp long enough to make any friends, and so the only friend he had there was Nathan. "My only friend is immortal, so your offer is worthless." With an erratic shake of his head, Simon became invisible. He grinned triumphantly when Lucifer - or whoever the menacing ginger was - looked around wildly, temporarily distracted so that Simon could slip back in the gate.
» You've never fired a gun before, but part of the deal in staying in camp is learning to be useful. Sucks for them, your first time firing, you shot someone! Sure, it was only rocksalt, but still.
Nathan, I wanted to apologise from a safe distance for killing you again. I hope that by the time you have woken up you can appreciate gun safety, and that you shouldn't have jumped out in front of me while I was holding one. I didn't mean to shoot you, but you shouldn't jump in front of a loaded weapon, immortal or otherwise.
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