Sophia Delphi
| Sophia Delphi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Yeddite | |
| Organization | PHIA Phorce, Virtuoso (formerly) | |
| Species | Human | |
| Height | 5'5" | |
Sophia "PHIA" Delphi is the founder of the PHIA Phorce and the granddaughter of Mimi. She is a young woman with mysterious ancestry, said to be a descendant of Empress Minerva of the Valerian Empire. While the royal lineage means little in a day where said empire is long forgotten, she nonetheless wishes to explore the secrets of her heritage as with it comes several unique abilities. Namely, she has the ability to see into the past upon investigating something her ancestors may have interacted with, a power best described as some form of genetic-based quantum entanglement system.
With shrewd wit and courage, PHIA has developed an inherent wisdom, likely from her accumulated experiences from past versions of herself. In low points, she somewhat struggles to reconcile the boundaries of her individuality and her shared consciousness with her past counterparts. But it's through her studies of the past that she finds peace and understanding.
PHIA is well-versed in her attunement into the virtual worlds, influenced by her family members who are monks seeking out the harmony between the physical and virtual worlds. She has a natural ability to perform technokinesis, the ability to commune with electronics and subtly manipulate its electric flow.
Appearance
PHIA has medium length brown hair and wears black-rimmed glasses. Her attire of choice is usually a light blue jacket, running shorts and shoes. To help focus her technokinesis, she usually wears wrist guards for support. She also has fingerless gloves to allow electricity to flow out in a more concentrated fashion.
Personality
PHIA is very intelligent and ambitious, committing to plans and big ideas. As someone who likes getting things done, she often finds herself involved in all sorts of matters, especially helping others where she can. She cares very deeply for her grandmother and sees her as a role model.
PHIA is also particularly clumsy. This may be partly due to her senses sometimes getting overloaded due to her technokinesis - "hearing" all the patterns of electricity patterns around her to the point where she sometimes gets lost in thought and doesn't always watch where she is going.
History
PHIA initially pursued a degree in Interstellar Communication at the University of Oraulan, but dropped out due to being unable to pay for student loans. Despite this, she accumulated enough practical experience to land a job with Virtuoso as a virtual media editor. Her job was to help create instructional videos for both employees and for customers using Virtuoso operating systems. However, while sifting through media file archives, she discovered an imprisoned virtual life form named Twinkle. This lead to her discovering a potential conspiracy to traffick virtual life forms to experiment on them, with the side effect of them being turned into Rampants. When she investigated too deeply, she was fired for "unauthorized breach of confidential files", then was subject to a smear campaign to hinder her attempts to get another job in the same field.
Nevertheless, she persisted in trying to discover what Virtuoso was truly up to. Staying with Mimi to lay low, she eventually became a cleaner - a type of mercenary dedicated to hunting Rampants in hopes of uncovering the conspiracy.
Skills and Abilities
PHIA can control electricity through her genetic heritage as a Minervan, a bloodline derived from clones of the Valerian Empress Minerva. This gives her faster than normal reflexes and a deeper awareness of the flow of energy and electricity. She can also enter a trance to perform technokinesis - communicating directly with electronics by going into a trance. From there, she can manipulate the individual circuitry as a form of hacking. For example, by injecting specific electrical signals to change particular transistors, she can unlock electronic locks or otherwise cause computers to behave in unexpected ways.
In the virtual worlds, PHIA finds herself naturally able to accustom herself to it. She can very quickly adapt her avatar to seamlessly move with her thoughts. Depending on how attuned she is to a specific virtual world, she can move about almost in the way one would lucid dream.
With Mimi's help, she has trained in martial arts tailored to her natural abilities in the real world. With enough concentration, she can even form bolts of plasma in her hands. This plasma can be either be launched as a projectile or concentrated around her hands to enhance the power of her strikes. This allows her to take down Rampants and other hostile artificial life forms with only her fists. Though quite gifted in combat, PHIA often uses her technokinesis and electricity manipulation for more mundane purposes such as charging the batteries in her datapad.
Being a direct descendant of Empress Minerva, PHIA also has the ability to see into the past in locations where her ancestors may have interacted. She can catch glimpses of daily activities around ancient Valerian ruins and in rare cases, even discover previously unknown information.