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Still trying to get a feel for this thing. It's not quite what I'm used to, admittedly. I'm hoping that over time, Vox will start offering more of the features and functionality that LiveJournal has offered, as I do miss some of this. However, this is still amusing me, nonetheless.

With that out of the way, on with the RP-related stuff....

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I'm rather pleased to say that I've been getting the opportunity to roleplay Marrow a little more as of late. I do enjoy playing the bony one and she provides a good break from Brianna, who is currently drowning in testosterone these days. Heh.

Marrow is an interesting character. I started working on her before I knew that much about her. In truth, I still don't know much about the comic book Marrow, but I have been told repeatedly by people on the game that I play her well. (Thank you all for the compliments!) Believe it or not, I find RPing her rather gratifying. She's a rather complex character who is gruff and unhinge while at the same time a bit of a thinker and a loyal friend/colleague.

I just find her rather interesting.

Granted, she's a bit of a power-house, but I knocked her back considerably. Her healing factor is probably nowhere near what it is in the comic books, but she can still take a licking and keep on ticking.

I've been having fun with the fact that she doesn't like to be touched (my version of Marrow). She's disassociated herself from being 'genderized' so much that she doesn't even use her real name. She just doesn't think of herself in those terms. So when Rogue recently told her not to write out romance as a possibility in her life, it was all she could do not to blow a gasket about it. Marrow was adamant that it would not sneak up and bite her in the ass like it has done so to others, apparently.

For the same reason, she hates her uniform. It had to be specially made for her but now that she's worn it once, she hates it. She prefers baggy, non-descript clothing, but the uniform is anything but baggy. It's nearly skin-tight. And she hates it. She commented to Rogue that she just felt it was all wrong because she felt like she was just 'showing off [her] junk'. A very obvious statement about her discomfort with the gender issue.

Don't get me wrong, she's not 'into' girls. Far from it. I think, as a player, I've decided that she really is hetero, but she just doesn't see herself as a female much less one that might be attractive to anyone or one that might be a sexual creature. Let's face it, folks; she's a walking nightmare. It would take a very brave, brave man to get past the outer shell and then all the barriers she's erected over the years to protect herself, both in psyche and in body.

Kids on the streets tend to band together for safety. She spent four years on the streets alone because even street kids were freaked out by her. So, she had to learn to look out for 'number one'. She learned very quickly that if someone touched you, they were either going to try to rob, rape or kill you, so... all touch became 'the bad touch' in her mind. It's taken her a while to even accept a hand-shake or pat on the shoulder (which she may still shy from).

So when one new friend touched her face, she jumped back, visibly startled and on edge. And when another touched her elbow and the protruding bone there, she just freaked out, jumped back and warned him very clearly that if he did that again, his body would gain some new drainage holes. (Yay for the stabby-stabby.) So, no, I don't see romance happening anytime in the near future for the bony one, hence why it's sometimes a bit of a relief to play her after I've been playing Brianna consistently for a bit.

Honestly, I have more fun with her when she's involved in some kind of conflict, even if that conflict is mental instead of physical. She's gruff, crude, blunt and more perceptive than some people might chalk her up as being. She thinks things though and isn't always the quickest when it comes to witty comebacks, but this doesn't mean she's stupid. She's more of a brooder. Admittedly, though, she does have a softer nature that hides just beneath the rough exterior. She actively feeds some of the folks on the streets that she befriended over the years, taking out a sandwich or three when she can. And she's extremely loyal to her teammates and friends.

It has been fun, however, taking her out in the city periodically, and I might try to do so more often in the very near future. She recently got an invitation out to the Boar's Head Bar & Grill -- *gasp* a public appearance! She has yet to do an appearance like this (outside of the Brotherhood's daring 'rescue' of that mutant kid from jail), so I'm hoping this will be a fun and exciting one.

Considering the IC rumours that have been apparently spreading about her, this should make for a very interesting scene.

I might even ponder inviting a few more people than the one who invited her out there... just to mix it up a little and cause some noise. I generally don't like larger scenes. Anything with more than 3 people in it (including me) and I generally start to experience Eye-Crossing Syndrome and Inability-to-Remember-Pose-Order-osis. I can do them occasionally though, and usually only after much infusion of caffeine and sugar in my system for an alertness booster. ;)

So, this is what's going on with (my) Marrow, internally, externally and in the near future, perhaps.