Collette

Name: Marion Baudelaire

Blood type: A+

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Nicknames: Student, Nerd, Doc, Freak, Morbid, Maverick

Pastimes: Exploring, studying, dissecting

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Psychological Strength 2/5 Accuracy 2/5 Intelligence 4/5 Endurance 3/5 Reflexes 3/5 Bravery 3/5 Agility 2/5 Weapons versatility 2/5 Resilience 5/5 Constitution 2/5 Battlecraft 2/5 Wisdom 4/5 5=Exceptional 4=Specialist 3=Trained 2=Average 1=Poor Overall role: Specialist Prosector

Bio: Born in France 1985 December 22. Collette was born into an elite family as a lone child. Provided an extravagant lifestyle as well as everything a young lady could ever want it was quickly discovered that Collette was anything but a lady. From the age of 5 she was notably rough around other children from higher class families preferring to play in the dirt, catch bugs and explore the vast hedgerows of estates they visited throughout the French countryside.

Often disciplined for her outrageous behaviour the young girl become quite rebellious and explored to her heart's content. With her peers being what she viewed as snobby she quickly became lonely in not being able to make any friends in the elite class her parents tried to make her acquainted with. The private schools she attended made it all the worse as she failed to find anyone to relate to in her age group.

Becoming sick of her disobedience and actions at the age of 9 her parents constantly found themselves reprimanding her for her increasingly poor behaviour as she became frustrated with not being encouraged to explore or do the things she enjoyed. Her luck turned however at the age of 10 while exploring a part of town after school that her parents instructed her to stay away from as she was cornered by a group of local bullies.

While initially intimidated Collette let her frustrations out upon them which irritated them further. Pushing her against the wall demanding her money another boy came running over to the bullies launching an assault of his own. Though his bravery was inspiring the 3 bullies easily overpowered him. Hesitantly his friend pulled one of the bullies off him and fought surprisingly well dodging most of the strikes thrown at him while delivering a few of his own. Seeing an opportunity to turn the tide Collette immediately joined the fray.

While avoiding being struck she managed to get some goods hits into her aggressors. With the fight continuing for a minute police eventually spotted the fight and attempted to intervene. The boys all stopped and stood still accepting they’d been caught not wanting to make what punishment waiting for them worse. Collette however felt a sudden rush she’d never felt. The rush of true adventure she told herself. Without hesitating she bolted down the crowded alleyways exhilarated by the chase

Turning her head she saw the other two boys who helped her following her lead. Ducking, weaving and dashing past people and stalls scrambling over chain link fences managing to elude the police they collapsed onto the grass of a park laughing over the situation. After catching their breath Valentine questioned Collette's sudden panic on seeing the police coming over. She replied that it wasn’t worth having her parents deadbolt her door if the police took her home. From that day the 3 friends enjoyed a variety of adventures throughout their childhood.

Coming to the end of her schooling while enjoying adventures with her new friends she displayed a wanderlust far exceeding both Benedicts and Valentines as well as an interest in anatomical studies. The 3 joined the reservists looking for something more exciting in their lives with the idea driven by Collette. Benedict became apart of the UIR to directly defend his country if it came under attack while Valentine and Collette joined the USR together while studying at university trained in support roles more suited to their academic backgrounds.

During this time Collette also went to university with Valentine to become a doctor. She excelled in her classes especially anatomy where she loved getting her hands on actual samples be they animal or human which was often viewed as highly morbid. Regardless she managed to finally find somewhere she managed to fit in making numerous friends. As a result her confidence skyrocketed driving her to find more ambitious challenges of which she would pitch to her friends.

At the age of 22 Collette was considered a master at handling a scalpel as well as being able to dig through samples with the least amount of damage inflicted while discerning an impressive amount of detail from the tissues, organs and structures she’d reveal. Some professors even claimed they’d trust her to perform heart surgery on them. As such her skill accompanied with her eccentric character saw one of her professors entrust her with a rare specimen he’d acquired and wanted her assistance to dissect the creature. Questioning the professor he eventually let loose the sample originated from the zone and while it was only a leg of something initially unrecognisable she identified it to be human.

The level of mutation led to completely new tissue structures being discovered that she wasn’t sure how to classify. In the sample she saw a treasure trove of human advancement waiting to be revealed. The next day walking into the lab barely able to sleep through her excitement the night before she found the sample and professor gone. Statements claimed the professor was in possession of an illegal sample and arrested but Collette became suspicious after she couldn’t find a trace of where he’d been taken. Deciding something was afoot she left the incident for the moment planning on coming back to it eventually.

After conquering mount everest in 2008 at the age of 23 the Collette suggested they take to the zone to put their exploration and survival skills to the ultimate test under the hidden guise of rediscovering what she found a year ago. Infiltrating with their trusted survival equipment and hunting weapons including back up pistols, shotguns and a semi automatic rifle they were introduced to the zone by operatives posing to be from the cerberus organization.

Upon entering the operatives disappeared and the 3 friends were left on their own to survive. Collette tried to appear calm but her mind was in turmoil. Remembering her professor disappearing without a trace she started connecting the dots as what could have happened to him. She no doubt was on the watch list of those that made him disappear and she’d placed herself and her friends in a potentially lethal situation. On the verge overwhelming frustration with being so blinded by curiosity and wanderlust to what could have really been going on she pulled herself together on Benedict's order to move out.

Marching through the zone on alert the group found their first prey. Successfully bringing the mutated boar down Collette began dissecting the boar eagerly as her curiosity took over once. Stripping away the flesh revealed mutations not thought possible in the boar to the point where it could be considered a species entirely onto its own, more astonishing were that certain structures where exactly the same as those found in the leg sample a year ago.

Mesmerized by the dissection which also caught Valentine's attention saw him collapsing next to her with a thud while cooking the meat over the fire. She then found herself and Benedict thrown the to ground. 3 outlaws began rummaging through their equipment and as Valentine came to one of the outlaws took explicit interest in Collette. Immediately put on guard with his continued stare the outlaw ignored orders to leave after the smash and grab and began clawing at Collette’s protective suit.

Collette however didn’t feel shocked, afraid or even threatened, only a rush of adrenaline fueled by disgust. Bearing her teeth pushing the pistol into it’s holster to chamber a round ripping it forward into the outlaws stomach she fired until he stopped squirming. Eventually managing to throw the dying man off herself accompanied by a few more gunshots she saw her two friends getting to their feet having dispatched the other two outlaws.

The terrors of the night had only begun unfortunately and shortly after shaking the shock of the ambush off to grab the outlaws equipment terrifying aberrations of humans turned feral beasts appeared. With a soul piercing scream the next assault began as the group covered their sectors in a panic. Even in the rush of combat Collette realized the origins of the leg sample.

What could possibly have created such devastation to the human body or mind haunted her throughout the fight almost seeing her fall to the creatures. With Benedict finally ordering a retreat the 3 friends found themselves running for their lives through the forest stopping only to witness a tear in the night sky followed by a tremendous groaning.

Unsure what it meant other than that it couldn’t be good the friends continued running before running into another pioneer panicked by the sight. Collette saw the man and brought her new rifle to fire on him in the mad panic. Benedict ordered otherwise as the pioneer ordered them to follow him narrowly avoiding a friendly fire incident. Charging through the darkness arriving at a manhole leading into a collapsed tunnel the scream tore apart the landscape breaking the resolve of the group leaving them paralysed in terror. Once it had passed the 3 looked to each other not sure what to feel apart from regret. Offering a canteen of water the man introduced himself as Noah and under his guide the 3 friends flourished in the zone.

Though the years were rough on the group of friends once the despair of not being able to escape had passed they found themselves well suited to surviving once being taught about the area. They became quite renown pioneers as they made numerous and major updates to the public bestiary studying the creatures of the zone as a group of hunters. Collette was the undoubtable brain trust of the group, every entry her friends made you could be sure was accurate with Collette’s keen mind cutting through the flesh and mysteries of the zone. Her eccentric character developed to the point of being highly unsettling to those unfamiliar with her, amplified by an uneven laugh she’d developed over the years.

Though absolutely fascinated by the zone Collette shared her friends wishes to leave. Even though she knew the madness and bedlam in the flesh she dug through in her quest of discovery was steadily wearing her down she had to continue while she remained if only to make the zone safer for others. Trying to convince her friends to join cerberus to discover as much as they could before figuring a way out her pleas fell on deaf ears as both Benedict and Collette had different ideas.

All agreed to continue as simple pioneers however on Noah’s hint that he may just know a way out of the zone and that all he needed was help with one last job so they could all leave. Just some unfinished business he said. With each kill Collette unsheathed her scalpel with increasing enthusiasm which she knew was ultimately detrimental to her health. She continued regardless unsure how long her psyche would hold out before falling to the madness that her samples had no doubt fallen to as well. She found herself in turmoil when she wasn’t wrist deep in a corpse convincing herself all that mattered now was to escape before all she had left was her samples, as precious as they already were.