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OUT of CHARACTER
Name: Danya
Other characters: Clara Murphy

IN CHARACTER
Name: Darcy Lewis
Fandom: Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Canon point/AU: Post Thor: The Dark World
Journal: tasermaiden
PB: Kat Dennings
History: Wiki

Presentation:
Darcy Lewis is nothing if not outgoing. The first thing almost anyone will probably notice about her is that she's probably the one saying something snarky about whatever's going on, or is making faces in the background. In a world full of superheroes, aliens, and freaky science, she's just this average person who's in the middle of some of it because of an internship. And, from that, she's had to learn how to deal with things that most people don't.

Which isn't to say that Darcy doesn't freak out at the sudden weirdness in her life, because of course she does. She's just a normal person in a world that's suddenly filled with things that are miles away from normal. Anyone would freak out. But despite the fact that she's mid-freakout, she can handle shit. She's Jane Foster's intern/friend, it's pretty much in the job description that she has to be able to handle it.

The thing about Darcy isn't just that she's the normal one or that she's the comic relief. At her core, she's friendly. After everything, she could have very easily packed up and left, but instead has stuck it out beyond just being Jane's intern and became her friend. Erik could have just been that weird science guy Jane knew and left it at that, but instead helped hatch a plan to bust him out of a psych ward. There's something about her odd mix of upbeat and outgoing that makes her easy to get along with.

Motivations:
Darcy is very self-involved. As much as she may care about her friends and be concerned about the things going on with them, she's definitely the type who will put herself first. Sometimes it makes her appear out of touch or uncaring, such as her being fixated on SHIELD confiscating her iPod with Jane's work, but it's probably going to be one of the best things she'll have going for her in the Arena.

Which isn't to say that she'll just bail out on any allies she may gain. Not at all. Sure, Darcy may put herself first when it comes to a lot of things, but she's also the type of person who is in something for the long haul, even when she doesn't have to be. She's also very aware of the things going on around her and is the type of person who knows how to try to make sure other people's needs are met when they can't (or won't) meet them on their own.

Setting: Darcy's going to initially try to do what she does when things suddenly go completely batshit and just roll with the punches. For obvious reasons, that's not going to work for long and she's eventually going to find herself being pushed to the limits of what she can take, both physically and emotionally. Also, considering the current MCU cast, it's going to be a huge mindfuck for her to see these superheroes from her world (especially Thor) brought down to normal and subjected to the Arenas like everyone else.


SAMPLES
First Person Thread:
[Darcy's initial freakout isn't what she records. She gives herself a few minutes to come down from her yelling “Holy shit” for a minute and a half before she picks up the device and deadpans into the camera.]

Well, that sucked.

[Tony Stark (seriously, holy shit Tony Stark) had filled her in on the whole “You get killed for entertainment and get brought back to be killed again and be brought back” cycle, so waking up after doing her best imitation of Marie Antoinette isn't as much of a shock as it should be. Though finding out that, hey, that whole brief consciousness post-decapitation is totally legit and kind of terrifying is a shock.

And really, Jane must be rubbing off on her because it crosses her mind that she should write it down because ~science~.]

Did anyone see if I actually started saying “motherfucker?” Or was it just because that was my last thought? Did my disembodied head do anything weird?

[She makes a face at that last one question because it sinks in just how fucked up it is to talk about her decapitation and disembodied head like it's no big deal.]

I'm still just glad Jane isn't here, she'd probably get herself killed trying to figure out how they got us here in the first place.

[There's a sad little smile on her face as she switches it off.]


Prose:
Recently, things in Darcy's life had been pretty good. Thor seemed like he was back for realsies this time, so Jane had finally emerged from her Cocoon of Despair and was really back to doing science (and Thor. Which, wow, was really enough for Darcy to start considering getting her own place because it turned out that Jane's much louder than anyone would think a girl her size would be). Really, the only bummer as of late was that things with Intern Ian didn't work out. Which is what she got for dating someone who she initially made out with because their lives were in danger.

That was, until she woke up in a strange room with no coffee and was whisked away by people with ridiculous hair and really only picked up on the words “death match” and “impress them” before being taken to a room that would probably fit in well with one of SHIELD's weird, underground (she assumed) training facilities.

Looking over the table she feels her stomach drop to her feet. Theoretically, she knows what some of this stuff is. She's watched Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. But knowing what they are aren't the same as knowing how to use them. And other than some Halloween costumes and one brief foray with being a Ren Faire wench (mostly because of this one guy from Culver who looked really good in armor), she's never even touched a sword or a bow and arrow.

And then she notices it. A taser. Not quite the model she carried around in her purse (and once used to fell the God of Thunder and Six Pack Abs), but enough that she could probably figure out how to use it. And sure, it wouldn't be much use to actually kill someone with, but it would be enough to cause some damage and get away. Because, sure, Darcy can tase with the best of them, but that doesn't mean she thinks she's capable of actually committing murder most foul.

Wishing she has her iPod on her (they had taken it before bringing her in here, which she considered a small act of war in and of itself), she scoops up the taser and some of the cartridges nearby before setting up one of the dummies a few feet away from her. Looking at the faceless, plastic figure with her best tough girl look and trying to summon just enough of the power of Beyonce to make her look fierce, she loads and then brings the taser up to her chest, shooting it at the white dummy that she's imagining has the face of the asshole she had spent a year learning about the vaguely insane politics of a medieval reenactment group for (only to find out he had pulled the same thing with at least three other girls at the same time). Focusing on the image of his stupid, smug face in her mind, she fires off the taser and hits the dummy square in the chest.

Looking up at the booth filled with people who are watching in mild interest she shrugs, “That's the best I've got. I'm just the plucky comic relief.”

What is your character scored: Maybe a 7 at best. While Darcy does come from That Crazy Universe With The Hot Superheroes, she's just that normal chick who hangs around with a possibly mad astrophysicist and her Norse god alien boyfriend. That being said, she's quick on her feet and isn't afraid to defend herself if she thinks she's in danger. Other than a taser, her best weapon is her personality. She makes friends easily and, if she makes the right ones, could potentially stay out of harm's way for the most part if she plays her cards right.