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Lila Pitts APPLICATION

PLAYER NAME: Xae
CONTACT: Tsukeru, Xae#7866
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAME?: Originally Kiki, then the Umbrella Academy cast

CHARACTER: Lila Pitts
CANON: The Umbrella Academy
CANON POINT: Season 3, Episode 10 - Before the reset button on the universe starts up

BACKGROUND: Wiki | Synopsis of season 3 (Spoilers)

ABILITIES | POWERS:

Power Mimicry: She can mimic the power of whoever she's next to, and knows how to use it well. Without ever practicing, Lila can use the power as well as the original user or sometimes better, regardless of how long it took them to learn. There are limitations to her powers, which is that she can only mimic one at a time, and must be within a certain distance of the original power owners. Throughout the seasons, she has been shown using Five's teleportation, Allison's mental manipulation, Luther's superstrength, Viktor's sound manipulation, Sloane's gravity manipulation, Fei's crow manifestation, and Diego's trajectory manipulation. ☂ Limits: Other than the limits of one power at a time, and must be in range of original user, she won't be able to mimic abilities that are more magic-based, deities, or things revolving around cultivation. They will have to be things that would count as a superpower. Non-Super Abilities: Having been raised by The Handler since she was four, Lila is well-equipped in above-basic fighting ability. She has gone toe-to-toe with The Commission's best assassin, Number 5. While she hasn't won every single fight, she certainly gives him a run for his money. Lila even went up against most of the Umbrella Family and came out on top. Using an assortment of guns and sharp objects as weapons are easy for her to do. She has also an adept hand in assassination, often going on missions for her adopted mother while undercover. Though, Lila wasn't able to fool Number 5 when she infiltrated their family. However, she's a skilled liar, having tricked Diego into believing that they had a kid together when the kid was one she was babysitting for a friend. She speaks several languages, including Chinese and Japanese. Lila also rocks the drums.

PERSONALITY:

On the surface, Lila tends to show her carefree and upbeat self, often doing what she wants, when she wants. At first it seems as if it was all just in good fun that she latched on to Diego while they were in the asylum together, but this was actually part of her cover. While most of her actions don't always outwardly appear to have any deeper meaning, there is generally a reason behind it. Though whether this is a good thing or a bad one always remains to be seen. Mostly, there are generally layers to Lila, and there are a few that she shows them to willingly, while others are simply capable of seeing through it. Under the surface, Lila is a traumatized woman who lost her parents in a young age. For years she believed that it was a regular home invasion and that her adopted mother had saved her from the life of an orphan that would have followed. This was never something she shared with anyone until meeting Diego, carrying the weight of having heard them die and being a witness to the aftermath. So when she learned that it was actually Number 5 who had assassinated her parents, that trauma only got worse and sent her into a rage that would pit her against all of the Umbrellas. When Lila learned that the woman who adopted her had killed her in an alternate timeline, that the Handler had been the one to put in the order for her parents in the first place, she spiraled. Resulting in killing a few Commission agents and leaving it entirely to join a band temporarily. She also has a great deal of hate that often gets entirely placed on Five due to the fact that the Handler is now dead. Five is the last man standing where she can direct all of her negative feelings. Upon seeing him, Lila would try her hardest to kill him and even admitted that his pain was her therapy. However, she is capable of working with him in order to save the universe and can even appear chummy with him after they believed they were successful. Under it, there is still some resentment, hatred, and negativity that lingers, though Lila is aware that no one else would possibly understand all that she's been through. The end of the universe is actually a fairly good bonding experience and while Lila may harass him sometimes, there may be a time when she can fully forgive him for what he did. Having grown up training to be an assassin, Lila is a touch warped, sometimes having little to no remorse for the dead around her. Needing to kill, or seeing the dead doesn't typically bother her, sometimes she was even eager to be the one sent out on a mission. Though, that was partially driven by her need to please her mother and not wanting to be outdone by a kid/old man. Even people that Lila kind of liked didn't get too much consideration from her, but attachment wasn't good in her line of work. All of that changed when she met a boy. Well, a man. While Lila had gotten close to him as part of a job, she wasn't interested in killing him and even brought him to the Commission to work under her. A lot of her words were a lie, but he was the first person she told about her parents and genuinely had feelings for. These feelings developed into love, something she doesn't quite know how to deal with. The emotions brought out the obsessive and manipulative side of her, tricking him into drinking a concoction that would knock him out so she could kidnap him. Even later, Lila made him believe that they had a twelve-year-old kid together and that she no longer had feelings for Diego. Though this was due more to a fear of being rejected by him, as he did once leave her. What Lila wants more than anything is to be a family with Diego, but this causes so many fears to rise up in her and has her doing crazy things like manipulating him. It's because she doesn't always know better, having been raised by a manipulative mother. However, with Diego, Lila is beginning to see that this isn't actually a good thing. She wants to be a good mother to her kid, and knows that she shouldn't follow in the Handler's footsteps. Lila is also a ball of sarcasm and sass, sometimes calling people names or insulting them in a playful manner. There is often a witty comeback to most things that are said to her and she's willing to tease and gently harass the people in her life. Some might say she's full of piss and vinegar, and honestly, that's true too. This woman is a ball of energy and has a need to put it somewhere, usually involving other people in some way. It makes her pretty lively and hard to miss even when standing next to someone taking center stage, though she does know how to fade into the background when necessary. She also enjoys watching family drama, because who wouldn't? Pull up a chair, grab some popcorn, and watch the show. Slowly, but surely, Lila is coming to maybe care about people beyond the guy she loves. When it was clear Allison was spinning wildly, she went out of her way to try to help her. Since she has no experience in it, her approach is sometimes a little too blunt or honestly a tad weird, but it does seem to work a bit. Diego once told her that they could be her family, and at this point, it's something that Lila is willing to work towards, and she seems more comfortable with some of them after Luther's wedding, even going so far as to put her feet and legs over the newly married couple while relaxed. She even attempted to be nice to the other version of Reginald Hargreeves and at least get Diego talking to him again While she still has a long way to go, it's becoming a little easier for her to let people get close to her and care about them. From the start, Lila was always a little bossy. Often she pushed her way into other people's lives and while this was just a job, it's definitely changed. Lila prefers to be mostly in control of her own life, whether it be something as simple as leading a dance, to not being told what to do even in a dangerous situation. She will go so far as to do the complete opposite of what someone wants, especially if she feels like they are being way too protective. This goes hand-in-hand with her stubbornness, refusing to back down to a fight or a bad situation and Lila may go to extreme lengths in order to get what she wants. Underneath all the terrible things that have happened to her and the shields she puts up to protect herself, Lila is somewhat of a good and decent person. She didn't abandon a kid who's mom often left him and cared when he was destroyed, she always felt there some something personal in each of her assassinations, was terrified of her mother being in power, and wants to be better to her own kid. So while Lila may claim that she's not a good person due to all the things she's done, there is still compassion in her. It may not extend to total strangers she's never met, but pushing it down as best she could was something that was necessary in order to be part of the Commission.

SAMPLE: One | Two

Sitting around in the orphanage doing chores was all well and good for a time while she rested after her whirlwind arrival to this world, but it could only last so long. Which is why Lila took to the streets, heading out to look for anything of interest out there among the people. Whether it was information or items, didn't matter. A girl could multitask and do some shopping while also easedropping on various conversations around her. The city was an interesting one, different from what she was used to, but Lila knew how to blend in. To appear as if she belonged even if she was completely displaced. Her eye was drawn to a place that sold weapons and the rest of her drifted over. Lila was woefully lacking any sort of weapon in a place that was far more dangerous than the places she normally went. Usually, she was the most deadly thing around, but her days as an assassin were over. At least, Lila had tried to put that behind her. Here it seemed that her skills might be necessary and she'd rather have a few weapons at hand than be without. Upon entering the shop area, her eyes scanned the space for all of the people in it, assessing their potential threat levels. This is the sort of place where she expected trouble, people looking to arm themselves for one reason or another. After all, Lila may appear relatively harmless, but underneath was a woman who had killed countless people at the order of someone else. The ex-assassin drifted over to the knives, something easy to conceal and she could carry a lot of them. It also reminded her of Diego, one of the most important people in her life. If she was looking for any sign of him still here, knives would be the item to look for. After all, not even Five could tell her exactly what had happened to the man. At least she had enough knowledge that eventually Diego would end up back on Earth. That information doesn't completely ease away all of the thoughts and worry about what could happen in the meantime. Thoughts and worries she would try to push down to the best of her ability so as to not allow herself to get too distracted and end up hurt or worse. Movement has her looking up, watching the owner come over to her to provide what's sure to be stellar customer service. She motioned to a row of knives. Yes, a whole row. "I'd like to see these ones, please." A whole collection of different sizes and shapes, as a girl never knew what the occasion might call for. Lila watched as the man's face went from skeptical and unfriendly to one who recognized a deep pocketed spender. People were the same no matter where she went and she knew how to work them. As the knives are set out for her to test, she picked up the first one and tested its weight and balance in her hand. Flipping it expertly after the initial check to see how it handles between her deft fingers. A soft hum of approval as Lila decided that she liked this one and moved down the line with the same level of attention. With these tested and given the seal of approval, she turned her gaze up to the shopkeeper. "I'll take these ones. Have any that are more... interesting?" Lila grinned sharply, a twinkle of mischief in her eye. This was a new world with all sorts of new rules, there could be some kind of magical knife in the back that she doesn't know about yet.

INVENTORY:
☂ Her clothes
☂ The beaded bracelet Diego made
☂ An assortment of candy

NOTES:
Pregnancy, but I discussed it with the mods here about how to work around that.

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