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ABILITIES
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Powers
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-Break the sound barrier
"Gonna break the speed of sound" -By doing donuts, can cause funnel clouds "It's a wild hurricane" -Cause tremors "moving ground" (the ground is supposed to stay still while the car moves) |
Skills
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Corners extremely well
"She stays close at every bend" |
Attributes
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Can talk: Has "a moving mouth"
Is sentient: Has "body control" |
Vulnerabilities
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Needs fuel, maintenance
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Formidability
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High
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Attractiveness
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Very high, to Highway Star
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Source
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"A driving power"
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Goals
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Win, at all costs: "It's a killing machine"
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POSSESSIONS
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Weapons
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Is a living weapon
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Amulets
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N/A
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Objects
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Trunk can hold/produce any object desired
"She got everything" |
Clothing
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is a car-- Turtle Wax? May have a protective cover.
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Vehicles
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is a vehicle
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Dwelling
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Garages
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Milieu
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"On the road again... moving ground, an open road"
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BIOGRAPHY
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Gender
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Female: "Nobody gonna take my girl"
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Age
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Unknown. Likely a 1970s model
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Physique
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Has "big fat tires" and "eight cylinders"
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Ethnicity
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Unknown. Likely a British or American make.
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Origin
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UK or US (speculative)
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Ancestry
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N/A
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Profession
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-Racer
"I'm gonna race it to the ground/ Nobody gonna beat my car" -Hitman (hitmobile?), a murderer for hire "It's a killing machine" |
Education
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N/A
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SES
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Above average
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Relationships
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Is loved by Highway Star: "I'm a Highway Star"
"Nobody gonna take my car... I'm gonna keep her to the end" "I love her, I need her, I seed her... she turns me on" Highway Star is an extremely fast thinker: "I got speed inside my brain" |
Pets
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N/A
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PERSONALITY
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Morality
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Amoral. Is a "machine"
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Intro/extrovert
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Extrovert. Races in public, to win.
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Intelligence
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below average
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Emotions
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Hunger, rage
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Sanity
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N/A
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Enemies
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Potholes
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Narrative Function
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Antagonist
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Other Notes
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Sentient cars are common in fiction, from My Mother the Car to Herbie the Love Bug to KITT. Even evil living cars are nothing special, like Stephen King's Christine and others.
But Killing Machine is unique for two reasons. One is that she has two jobs-- racer by day, assassin by night. The other is that her driver, Highway Star, is in love/lust with her, more than many people desire their spouses. Killing Machine does Star's dirty work in several ways. She can run down pretty much anyone, aside from someone with superspeed. Or she can whip round them to create a funnel cloud and toss them into the air, Either way, it looks like an accident-- who is going to believe a car killed a person on purpose, of its own free will? And who can catch them, since the Machine is capable of supersonic speeds (above 770 mph)? Further, her trunk can produce "everything," including presumably any weapon Highway Star needs to complete a hit. For his part, he has a very fast brain; he is able to think his way out of any tight spot. She and Highway Star have a symbiotic relationship. She needs a human to interact with other people, to set races and contract hits, and to fuel and maintain her. And he needs a car to get around; it also produces all his clothes, food, etc. And she also, somehow, fulfills all his emotional and, apparently, sexual needs. But perhaps that aspect is best left a mystery. |
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