Warrior & Stereo Jungle Child (Scandal) [Warning: Discusses abuse]

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 The Warrior and Stereo Jungle Child (two characters)
Song/Album
 "The Warrior" / Warrior
Act
 Scandal
Writer
 Holly Knight and Nick Gilder
Release Date
 1984


ABILITIES

Powers
The Warrior: no superpowers
Stereo Jungle Child:
-Able to consume energy through his eyes
"Feeding on your hungry eyes"
"Your eyes touch me, physically"
Skills
The Warrior: Gun skills-- "Shooting at the walls"
Stereo Jungle Child: can escape any enclosure--
"Break out of captivity"; "You won't be caged"
Attributes
The Warrior: Driven and focused
Stereo Jungle Child: nearly feral
"You're not so civilized"; "Your heart's still wild"; 
"I don't want to tame your animal style"
Vulnerabilities
not many, between them
Formidability
The Warrior is cunning, and SJC is ferocious
Attractiveness
Charismatic; have fans but no followers or posse
Source
The Warrior has advanced military training and urban combat experience.
SJC is the victim of abusive experimentation, including deprivation.
Goals
Avenge victims of abuse, by destroying the homes in which it happens
"Shooting at the walls of heartache"


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
The Warrior: Various guns-- "Bang, bang"
SJC: N/A
Amulets
N/A
Objects
SJC: a stereo (boombox style)
Clothing
N/A
Vehicles
N/A
Dwelling
N/A
Milieu
Targets abusive homes, schools, human-trafficking sites, etc. 


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
The Warrior is female; SJC is male
Age
The Warrior is an adult; SJC is over 18, but emotionally under-developed  
Physique
Both are very physically fit 
Ethnicity
N/A
Origin
N/A
Ancestry
N/A
Profession
Vigilante 
Education
The Warrior: college educated, officer training school
SES
Very low. Survive on scraps.
Relationships
Each other
Pets
N/A 


PERSONALITY

Morality
Dangerously moral
Intro/extrovert
Both are introverts and strike from the shadows
"We'll take the night"
Intelligence
Both: above average
Emotions
The Warrior is cold and calculating, but has a paternal instinct for SJC: "Stay with me"; "I hold you close in victory"
SJC is acts on instinct. He considers The Warrior his mother figure, but as he attains puberty, this affection has taken an inappropriate turn:
"Isn't love primitive/ A wild gift you want to give"
SJC is unsure how to express his confusing feelings:
"Passion takes another bite"
And so The Warrior is trying to navigate this difficult passage. She wants to care for SJC, but worries that this care will be misread by him:
"Who's the hunter, who's the game?"
 
Sanity
The Warrior: crystal-clear, mentally.
SJC: still confused by freedom and relationships
Enemies
Abusers and those who enable them
Narrative Function
Protagonists
Other Notes
Of all the horrors The Warrior has witnessed in battle, none are as horrible as child abuse. Now back home and looking for a mission, The Warrior (who may have been abused herself) has dedicated herself to sending a message to abusers. Having seen enough death, she does not kill them-- but she fills the walls of their homes with bulletholes to let them know she could have killed them.
In her vigilantism, she rescued Stereo Jungle Child, a near-feral runaway. He had been kept, as a child, in severe deprivation. He adapted by mutating the ability to absorb energy with his eyes.
Knowing what awaited a child with superpowers at the hands of the authorities, and not wanting him to be weaponized, The Warrior has adopted him. He now joins her on her missions to avenge the abused and terrify those who would terrify the most vulnerable. As for the abused ones they rescue, she tells them: "You'll win if you survive," 



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