Pulse
Mahmoud Fassal
Mahmoud Fassal was a latchkey kid, his mother worked multiple undocumented jobs to keep a roof over their heads. Mahmoud hated being cooped up at home or school and he loved being out on the streets, on skates, boards, bikes, or anything else that helped him move faster than his feet allowed. Mahmoud’s cares melted away when he felt the wind on his face and he could forget his mother crying when she didn’t think he was watching.
Those carefree times ended in a screech of tires and the sickening crunch of metal against flesh. The car didn’t even bother to slow down when it hit Fassal. When the ambulance got him to a hospital, Mahmoud was in a coma the doctors said he would never recover from, his spine shattered and his body was incapable of surviving long on its own. To make matters even worse, the police who investigated the accident discovered Inika Fassal, Mahmoud’s mother, was an illegal immigrant. The INS was less than sympathetic with Inika since she was from a country labeled a terrorist-state and deported her. Mahmoud couldn’t be moved and became a ward of the state, and would have remained such if Motherboard hadn’t found the boy.
She abducted Mahmoud and plugged him into her “Hard Light Isomorphic Construct,” or HLIC, system. He awoke to find himself in a new form that gave him all the speed he could ever want, and he has been joyously thankful to his benefactor ever since.
Physical Description
Special abilities
Fassal’s consciousness is projected into a humanoid-shaped hard light construct. This body is protected against most damage that can affect a living body, but it also lacks detail and true human appearance. While his HLIC isn’t as versatile as Rez or Digital Demon's, Pulse’s body allows him to fly at incredible speeds. Further, Pulse possesses great resistance to kinetic transfer… such as highspeed impacts.
Mental characteristics
Intellectual Characteristics
Pulse is young, exuberant, and loves his newfound freedom. After being confined to a paralyzed body, he’s reveling in his new abilities. He loves nothing more than the elation he feels while flying and takes every opportunity to indulge in being freed from the shackles of gravity. He almost never lands and clearly prefers being airborne whenever possible.
Young and a bit headstrong, Pulse has to consciously rein in his tendency to move first and think second. He’s very proud of his speed and is happy to race anyone willing to accept his challenge.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Pulse’s primary allies are the rest of the Cybertribe.
Arwin Kessler would like to see Pulse just as dead as he wants the rest of the Tribe.
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