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Character Info
Character's Name: Cancer Cell
Character's Canon: Cells at Work!
Character's Age: Maybe a year at most, looks to be in early twenties.
Canon Point: Post Chapter-25
Background/History: A link is fine! No more than 500 words if not linked.
Wiki Link just because, but it's not fleshed out so:
For whatever reason, a certain normal, healthy tissue cell had some sort of stress placed upon it and made a copying error during mitosis, corrupting the DNA of the daughter-cell he produced. While mutations can happen because of either environmental or chemical pressures to many cells as they divide, the sequences that were corrupted during this division were this daughter-cells's normal dividing-protocol (i.e., the Hayflick limit) and any internal cellular mechanism to stop itself (apoptosis). In other words, cancer cells. The immune cells, specifically cytotoxic T cells and natrual killer cells, were fortunately able to detect that a cancer cell had been born, and swiftly pursued two nascent cancer cells. Cancer Cell was able to hide and evade these immune cells at the time, while his fellow cancer cell was eliminated by the immune cells.
Cancer Cell went into hiding after this, mutating the proteins and vessels expressed upon his skin to disguise himself as an ordinary tissue cell as he had originally been meant to be. He found a place to settle within the human body, and it was there he began to bide his time while proliferating. At first he was able to contain his own daughter-cells to the tissue, but over time the amount of copies he was producing of himself, and those of themselves, grew too much. The copies themselves were not exactly perfect renditions of the original cancer-cell, either, as further and further down the generations of replicas, the DNA within each of them became more and more corrupted and wild. Eventually some cancer cells were unable to appear even trulyhumancell-like, taking on the appearance of monstrous/ghoul'd forms with a limb here, a jaw here, a few eyes there. His offspring, so to speak, were growing at an alarming rate, and soon he would not have the ability to to confine and oversee them. It was time to infringe upon other tissue.
He needed to spread and find new places to grow, and so, he prepared.
...But not without first messing with the immune system because he wants to.
In Cancer Cell's two arcs, he remains relatively low until the final battle culminating at the end. Indeed, the immune system and the body itself doesn't appear to realize exactly how much he has copied of himself-- or of the damage he's already dealt-- until he's made an extensive sort of army or lair for himself. In both arcs, the immune systems get a sort of inkling that something is amiss either within an organ or a tissue, mostly in part by Natural Killer cell (or simply NK). Natural killer cells are unique in that they are able to identify a cancerous cell even while they are in "disguise", and they do not need the authorization of a helper T cell to execute them. With NK's help, two other immune cells (a neutrophil and a killer T cell) identify and encounter Cancer Cell, and then they battle him. Both arcs proceed to a point where it appears that Cancer Cell will win against them and be able to metastasize.
He is eventually stopped before he can access the vessels, lymphatic system, or break into a cavity, and is killed by the neutrophil, promising to return.
Strengths:
Tenacious: Cancer Cell is, frankly, like a cockroach that never seems to truly go away. In the two instances he is defeated in the manga, he makes a promise to return for another time. He makes those promises coupled to his hate for the body he was created within, cursing it for the world it is. It is his fate to always be targeted by the immune system no matter how many times he is slain, but that doesn't mean he will ever give up on his goal. What is his goal? Well, it's to conquer the body even if it means it results in death for the body itself. When pointed out that he would be killing himself if he had his way, he states he doesn't care. To him, a world in which that the immune cells and him do not fight each other would be a beautiful one, one that he believes he should strive for... even if it means he is actively dooming himself and the world.
Resourceful: Cancer Cell is shown to be able to disguise himself as a regular cell and interact with others. Another example of resourcefulness is that he doesn't quite put out all of his cards out on the table at once. He appears to have one ability, the immune cells prepare for a similar attack, and then he throws yet another one at them of a different sort. He will plant his daughter-cells within the ground beneath their feet or along the walls, commanding them to bide their time until it is the precise moment to strike. He will prepare for attacks, and if in the event he is not prepared, he will invent new ways to transform his body, limbs, or the tissue-walls around him to suit his needs and adapt to an oncoming attack.
Intelligent: ...About how the human body works, that is. He has been shown to know about other types of cells without even having met them before, and he has an extensive knowledge on the cell cycle and all of the processes involved. He is crafty and clever, and when posing as a normal cell he's smart enough to play dumb (although, not without showing a bit of wit). He knows how to count his aforementioned resources and ensure that none of them go to waste, and he is able to hide a massive tumor that he's created (twice) under the guise of normal tissue without being detected by other cells until he's made a massive mess of things.
Weaknesses:
Manipulative: As mentioned before, Cancer Cell can disguise himself to appear as an ordinary cell, and his disguise is convincing enough to hoodwink both a neutrophil and a killer T cell. He can appear as ordinary as any other member of the human body and even act the part of a helpless, defenseless cell that is as scared of bacteria or virus-infected cells as any other. Cancer Cell can also literally make the body obey him, as he can make the red blood cells deliver both oxygen and nutrients to him and his copies so that they may further grow. He can also make the regulatory T cells work and fight against the other immune cells for him. Cancer Cell can also create new blood vessels to allow this to happen in the first place, optimizing him stealing from the rest of the body. Finally-- but most importantly to note-- Cancer Cell will attempt to garner sympathy from the others, playing the victim.
Psychotic: This is a given, but Cancer has absolutely zero regard for the life and well-being for almost all others around him (with Neutrphil being the one exception). He ignores the "laws" of the body to stay within a given tissue and to not proliferate, he impedes upon other organs and tissue and destroys them, using their space for himself, and he forces the body to direct nutrients to him and his copies so that he may continue to grow his tumors. He honestly does not care what sort of dilapidated, corrupted, and imperfect structure or tissue he builds with his copies, so long as he continues to consume more and create more. That he is robbing the rest of the body of nutrients and oxygen to direct them towards himself and his progeny is no issue to him, and he could also care less is the rest of the cells are hurt in the process. He has no remorse for what he does.
Proud: Cancer Cell holds believes himself to be better that the other cells despite his mutated DNA. Unlike other cells, he can bypass the normal coding that would make a cell stop or even activate apoptosis; he doesn't need to obey these natural rules set by the body, he is free and make whatever rules he wants. Additionally, he can continue to divide and divide forever; there is no limit (so long as he has resources/food/water/etc), whereas other normal cells may stop dividing once they reach it. Cancer Cell is what the body wishes it could be: a type of immortality.
Powers/Abilities:
••• Transformation. Cancer can alter the limbs in his body to become larger, smaller, or even appear like weapons so that he might use. His body can also infiltrate into walls/ground/etc and grow. He can either retract this flesh back to himself or discard it entirely. He can make his flesh latch out and grasp onto others as if it were an extension of himself, and make that flesh grow up to the height of a small apartment building, if needed.
••• Fighting skills. There's not a specific type of combat in which he appears to be trained in, but he does show proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, wrestling, and just plain fighting with others. When he is able to transform a limb into a sword/shield of sorts, he is depicted to be able to use that effectively.
••• Flight. Cancer can grow wings and fly... which is a symbolic take on metastasis. But yeah, flight is a thing.
••• Inhuman durability/strength/speed etc. He is depicted punching through walls, even metal, with ease. He is also shown to have fallen from stories high and walk it off, and he's shown to be knocked into a wall and have it crack beneath the impact and still survive. Cancer cell does not seem to feel pain as easily as others do, either, as shown when NK slices through his arm and he doesn't eve blink.
••• Healing factor/regeneration. Cancer cells is shown to have limbs cut off of him, and he grows them right back. He is also able to grow blood vessels on his own.
••• Replication. Cancer Cell can make copies of himself in a number of ways. First, the regular cell-division way in which it's depicted of putting his daughter-cell into a sort of liquid chamber. But he's also shown that he can simply make more cancer cells by having them appear from extensions of his flesh.
Other Noteworthy Traits:
••• Able to operate basic machinery and electronics (as he uses them for one form of cell division).
••• Proficient in math and science. His room is shown to be full of formulas, data, and graphs all relating to his precise schedule he's planned out for dividing.
••• Yeah he's a cell within the human body. Yes, he can bleed. Yes, he can answer a lot of questions about the human body.
••• When appearing as his cancerous form, his voice chances to sound like a raspy/loud
Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
His clothes. (T-shirt, jeans, etc.) A ledger of chromosomes he probably keeps in his pocket, a small calendar, maybe a pen?
Color:
Red. Cancer Cell is part of the human body, and he is shown to be able to create both arteries and veins off of his own body-- vessels that allow for blood to be transported. Blood is red because of iron... and that's my reason.
Sample:
TDM with 5 comments!
Also a top-level, not 5 comments, but it does show a little more of his personality as well!
[ OPTIONAL ] World Aspect:
I have no idea how this would work, but it would be cool if Chroma had its own version of the platelets, which come around and repair anything that's been damaged!
**Also I would like to add that due to the nature that he is literally a cancer cell, which is a sensitive topic for many, I will have an opt-out post attached to my permissions page if accepted.
Name: Jade
Contact: PM or
Current Character(s): Pyra/Mythra/Pneuma (
pyrafect)Character Info
Character's Name: Cancer Cell
Character's Canon: Cells at Work!
Character's Age: Maybe a year at most, looks to be in early twenties.
Canon Point: Post Chapter-25
Background/History: A link is fine! No more than 500 words if not linked.
Wiki Link just because, but it's not fleshed out so:
For whatever reason, a certain normal, healthy tissue cell had some sort of stress placed upon it and made a copying error during mitosis, corrupting the DNA of the daughter-cell he produced. While mutations can happen because of either environmental or chemical pressures to many cells as they divide, the sequences that were corrupted during this division were this daughter-cells's normal dividing-protocol (i.e., the Hayflick limit) and any internal cellular mechanism to stop itself (apoptosis). In other words, cancer cells. The immune cells, specifically cytotoxic T cells and natrual killer cells, were fortunately able to detect that a cancer cell had been born, and swiftly pursued two nascent cancer cells. Cancer Cell was able to hide and evade these immune cells at the time, while his fellow cancer cell was eliminated by the immune cells.
Cancer Cell went into hiding after this, mutating the proteins and vessels expressed upon his skin to disguise himself as an ordinary tissue cell as he had originally been meant to be. He found a place to settle within the human body, and it was there he began to bide his time while proliferating. At first he was able to contain his own daughter-cells to the tissue, but over time the amount of copies he was producing of himself, and those of themselves, grew too much. The copies themselves were not exactly perfect renditions of the original cancer-cell, either, as further and further down the generations of replicas, the DNA within each of them became more and more corrupted and wild. Eventually some cancer cells were unable to appear even truly
He needed to spread and find new places to grow, and so, he prepared.
...But not without first messing with the immune system because he wants to.
In Cancer Cell's two arcs, he remains relatively low until the final battle culminating at the end. Indeed, the immune system and the body itself doesn't appear to realize exactly how much he has copied of himself-- or of the damage he's already dealt-- until he's made an extensive sort of army or lair for himself. In both arcs, the immune systems get a sort of inkling that something is amiss either within an organ or a tissue, mostly in part by Natural Killer cell (or simply NK). Natural killer cells are unique in that they are able to identify a cancerous cell even while they are in "disguise", and they do not need the authorization of a helper T cell to execute them. With NK's help, two other immune cells (a neutrophil and a killer T cell) identify and encounter Cancer Cell, and then they battle him. Both arcs proceed to a point where it appears that Cancer Cell will win against them and be able to metastasize.
He is eventually stopped before he can access the vessels, lymphatic system, or break into a cavity, and is killed by the neutrophil, promising to return.
Strengths:
Tenacious: Cancer Cell is, frankly, like a cockroach that never seems to truly go away. In the two instances he is defeated in the manga, he makes a promise to return for another time. He makes those promises coupled to his hate for the body he was created within, cursing it for the world it is. It is his fate to always be targeted by the immune system no matter how many times he is slain, but that doesn't mean he will ever give up on his goal. What is his goal? Well, it's to conquer the body even if it means it results in death for the body itself. When pointed out that he would be killing himself if he had his way, he states he doesn't care. To him, a world in which that the immune cells and him do not fight each other would be a beautiful one, one that he believes he should strive for... even if it means he is actively dooming himself and the world.
Resourceful: Cancer Cell is shown to be able to disguise himself as a regular cell and interact with others. Another example of resourcefulness is that he doesn't quite put out all of his cards out on the table at once. He appears to have one ability, the immune cells prepare for a similar attack, and then he throws yet another one at them of a different sort. He will plant his daughter-cells within the ground beneath their feet or along the walls, commanding them to bide their time until it is the precise moment to strike. He will prepare for attacks, and if in the event he is not prepared, he will invent new ways to transform his body, limbs, or the tissue-walls around him to suit his needs and adapt to an oncoming attack.
Intelligent: ...About how the human body works, that is. He has been shown to know about other types of cells without even having met them before, and he has an extensive knowledge on the cell cycle and all of the processes involved. He is crafty and clever, and when posing as a normal cell he's smart enough to play dumb (although, not without showing a bit of wit). He knows how to count his aforementioned resources and ensure that none of them go to waste, and he is able to hide a massive tumor that he's created (twice) under the guise of normal tissue without being detected by other cells until he's made a massive mess of things.
Weaknesses:
Manipulative: As mentioned before, Cancer Cell can disguise himself to appear as an ordinary cell, and his disguise is convincing enough to hoodwink both a neutrophil and a killer T cell. He can appear as ordinary as any other member of the human body and even act the part of a helpless, defenseless cell that is as scared of bacteria or virus-infected cells as any other. Cancer Cell can also literally make the body obey him, as he can make the red blood cells deliver both oxygen and nutrients to him and his copies so that they may further grow. He can also make the regulatory T cells work and fight against the other immune cells for him. Cancer Cell can also create new blood vessels to allow this to happen in the first place, optimizing him stealing from the rest of the body. Finally-- but most importantly to note-- Cancer Cell will attempt to garner sympathy from the others, playing the victim.
Psychotic: This is a given, but Cancer has absolutely zero regard for the life and well-being for almost all others around him (with Neutrphil being the one exception). He ignores the "laws" of the body to stay within a given tissue and to not proliferate, he impedes upon other organs and tissue and destroys them, using their space for himself, and he forces the body to direct nutrients to him and his copies so that he may continue to grow his tumors. He honestly does not care what sort of dilapidated, corrupted, and imperfect structure or tissue he builds with his copies, so long as he continues to consume more and create more. That he is robbing the rest of the body of nutrients and oxygen to direct them towards himself and his progeny is no issue to him, and he could also care less is the rest of the cells are hurt in the process. He has no remorse for what he does.
Proud: Cancer Cell holds believes himself to be better that the other cells despite his mutated DNA. Unlike other cells, he can bypass the normal coding that would make a cell stop or even activate apoptosis; he doesn't need to obey these natural rules set by the body, he is free and make whatever rules he wants. Additionally, he can continue to divide and divide forever; there is no limit (so long as he has resources/food/water/etc), whereas other normal cells may stop dividing once they reach it. Cancer Cell is what the body wishes it could be: a type of immortality.
Powers/Abilities:
••• Transformation. Cancer can alter the limbs in his body to become larger, smaller, or even appear like weapons so that he might use. His body can also infiltrate into walls/ground/etc and grow. He can either retract this flesh back to himself or discard it entirely. He can make his flesh latch out and grasp onto others as if it were an extension of himself, and make that flesh grow up to the height of a small apartment building, if needed.
••• Fighting skills. There's not a specific type of combat in which he appears to be trained in, but he does show proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, wrestling, and just plain fighting with others. When he is able to transform a limb into a sword/shield of sorts, he is depicted to be able to use that effectively.
••• Flight. Cancer can grow wings and fly... which is a symbolic take on metastasis. But yeah, flight is a thing.
••• Inhuman durability/strength/speed etc. He is depicted punching through walls, even metal, with ease. He is also shown to have fallen from stories high and walk it off, and he's shown to be knocked into a wall and have it crack beneath the impact and still survive. Cancer cell does not seem to feel pain as easily as others do, either, as shown when NK slices through his arm and he doesn't eve blink.
••• Healing factor/regeneration. Cancer cells is shown to have limbs cut off of him, and he grows them right back. He is also able to grow blood vessels on his own.
••• Replication. Cancer Cell can make copies of himself in a number of ways. First, the regular cell-division way in which it's depicted of putting his daughter-cell into a sort of liquid chamber. But he's also shown that he can simply make more cancer cells by having them appear from extensions of his flesh.
Other Noteworthy Traits:
••• Able to operate basic machinery and electronics (as he uses them for one form of cell division).
••• Proficient in math and science. His room is shown to be full of formulas, data, and graphs all relating to his precise schedule he's planned out for dividing.
••• Yeah he's a cell within the human body. Yes, he can bleed. Yes, he can answer a lot of questions about the human body.
••• When appearing as his cancerous form, his voice chances to sound like a raspy/loud
Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
His clothes. (T-shirt, jeans, etc.) A ledger of chromosomes he probably keeps in his pocket, a small calendar, maybe a pen?
Color:
Red. Cancer Cell is part of the human body, and he is shown to be able to create both arteries and veins off of his own body-- vessels that allow for blood to be transported. Blood is red because of iron... and that's my reason.
Sample:
TDM with 5 comments!
Also a top-level, not 5 comments, but it does show a little more of his personality as well!
[ OPTIONAL ] World Aspect:
I have no idea how this would work, but it would be cool if Chroma had its own version of the platelets, which come around and repair anything that's been damaged!
**Also I would like to add that due to the nature that he is literally a cancer cell, which is a sensitive topic for many, I will have an opt-out post attached to my permissions page if accepted.