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Player Name: Phas E-mail: geoduelist87@yahoo.com Preferred Contact:Phasma | Phasma#2422 discord Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: Olivia Octavius | liv_nye_the_science_pi
Character Name: Penny Polendina Series: RWBY Timeline: post s3e9, ‘PvP’ Canon Resource Links:Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Personality: One of Penny's greatest strengths and weaknesses is the ability to latch onto almost anyone that's even basically decent to her. It took very little for her to attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. She displayed intense loyalty very quickly, responding with efficiently brutal violence when Ruby was attacked, to the point of bringing down several military-grade airships. She further displays notable loyalty to her father and General Ironwood, expressing a desire to obey their orders even if it meant staying away from Ruby (the discrepancy between this loyalty and her drive to wander off and explore is largely reconciled by Penny’s exhibiting of the psychological phenomena known as Not Thinking About It Too Hard). Ultimately her loyalty to Ruby and her desire for friends and acceptance wins out over familial loyalty, prompting her to concoct an unknown plan to stay at Beacon Academy as a student. This desire for acceptance stems from her highly isolated, lonely upbringing; her status as a nonhuman was treated as something that needed to be kept deeply secret, either due to its military nature or because it would frighten people, or both. Regardless, Penny took the latter reasoning to heart, fearful of exposure as “not real”. At the start of canon, she has a shallow understanding of humanity and friendship; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, -demonstrating a trouble grasping shades of gray- and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. She’s also deeply curious, repeatedly wandering off to explore despite instructions to the contrary. Penny maintains an upbeat and cheerful attitude despite her circumstances, even during battle; only showing distress when her secret is exposed to Ruby.
Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection. She demonstrably learns quickly; when she first appears her movements are very stiff and awkward; after only two meetings with Ruby, she moves much more like the average human being.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. She doesn’t tend to respond with half-measures; favoring more direct methods of dealing with obstacles. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Also worth noting is that Penny possesses negative amounts of poker face; whenever she tells a direct lie, she hiccups
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Magnemite Password: Atomic Fireball
Victory Road Sample: How do you feed a Pokémon with no mouth?
[Penny sounds genuinely distressed in today’s broadcast. The source of her concern is onscreen beside her, a placidly floating Bronzor. It does not seem to share Penny’s growing worry.]
I’ve got a Magnemite and a Honedge, and they don’t have mouths either, but they also- kind of eat other stuff? Titania just kind of absorbs electricity, and Skye- I think he kind of eats people but only a little and only with permission so that’s probably okay?
[She clears her throat for a second.]
But I haven’t heard of anything like that for the Bronzor line? Violet SEEMS okay so far, but she’s so- stoic, I guess? I’m afraid something might be wrong and I won’t be able to tell.
[The Bronzor butts up against her a little; for attention, to offer comfort? It’s not clear. But Penny rests a hand on the outer rim of its metallic body, rubbing softly like it’s the world’s weirdest cat.]
Do they- maybe eat sound? They evolve into something that looks like a big bell, right, maybe that’s got something to do with it? The Pokédex doesn’t say. Any advice would be VERY welcome, thank you.
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Penny Polendina | RWBY | No Reserve
Name: Phas
E-mail: geoduelist87@yahoo.com
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Current Characters in Victory Road: Olivia Octavius |
Character
Name: Penny Polendina
Series: RWBY
Timeline: post s3e9, ‘PvP’
Canon Resource Links: Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Personality:
One of Penny's greatest strengths and weaknesses is the ability to latch onto almost anyone that's even basically decent to her. It took very little for her to attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. She displayed intense loyalty very quickly, responding with efficiently brutal violence when Ruby was attacked, to the point of bringing down several military-grade airships. She further displays notable loyalty to her father and General Ironwood, expressing a desire to obey their orders even if it meant staying away from Ruby (the discrepancy between this loyalty and her drive to wander off and explore is largely reconciled by Penny’s exhibiting of the psychological phenomena known as Not Thinking About It Too Hard). Ultimately her loyalty to Ruby and her desire for friends and acceptance wins out over familial loyalty, prompting her to concoct an unknown plan to stay at Beacon Academy as a student. This desire for acceptance stems from her highly isolated, lonely upbringing; her status as a nonhuman was treated as something that needed to be kept deeply secret, either due to its military nature or because it would frighten people, or both. Regardless, Penny took the latter reasoning to heart, fearful of exposure as “not real”. At the start of canon, she has a shallow understanding of humanity and friendship; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, -demonstrating a trouble grasping shades of gray- and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. She’s also deeply curious, repeatedly wandering off to explore despite instructions to the contrary. Penny maintains an upbeat and cheerful attitude despite her circumstances, even during battle; only showing distress when her secret is exposed to Ruby.
Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection. She demonstrably learns quickly; when she first appears her movements are very stiff and awkward; after only two meetings with Ruby, she moves much more like the average human being.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. She doesn’t tend to respond with half-measures; favoring more direct methods of dealing with obstacles. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Also worth noting is that Penny possesses negative amounts of poker face; whenever she tells a direct lie, she hiccups
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Magnemite
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Prior Game-Ish Sample
Victory Road Sample:
How do you feed a Pokémon with no mouth?
[Penny sounds genuinely distressed in today’s broadcast. The source of her concern is onscreen beside her, a placidly floating Bronzor. It does not seem to share Penny’s growing worry.]
I’ve got a Magnemite and a Honedge, and they don’t have mouths either, but they also- kind of eat other stuff? Titania just kind of absorbs electricity, and Skye- I think he kind of eats people but only a little and only with permission so that’s probably okay?
[She clears her throat for a second.]
But I haven’t heard of anything like that for the Bronzor line? Violet SEEMS okay so far, but she’s so- stoic, I guess? I’m afraid something might be wrong and I won’t be able to tell.
[The Bronzor butts up against her a little; for attention, to offer comfort? It’s not clear. But Penny rests a hand on the outer rim of its metallic body, rubbing softly like it’s the world’s weirdest cat.]
Do they- maybe eat sound? They evolve into something that looks like a big bell, right, maybe that’s got something to do with it? The Pokédex doesn’t say. Any advice would be VERY welcome, thank you.
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