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Name: Ange
Age: 29
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Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Captain Steven "Steve" Grant Rogers / Captain America
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
Age: 97 chronologically, 31 biologically
Gender: Male
Canon Point: End of Avengers: Age of Ultron
Background Link: Marvel Cinematic Universe wiki
Inventory: Steve is wearing a white T-shirt, navy blue athletic jacket, blue jeans with a brown leather belt, and brown leather boots. In his pockets he's carrying earbuds and whatever the StarkTech equivalent of an iPod is; a StarkTech smartphone; a leather wallet containing his driver's license, a credit card, $34.32 in cash, and a photograph of himself with a very old woman, smiling; a #2 pencil sharpened down about halfway; a pencil sharpener; a thumb-sized chunk of Art Gum; and a motorcycle key on an "I <3 NY" keychain. He's also carrying a smallish sketchbook, blank.
Personality: Probably Steve's most distinguishing character trait is his powerful drive to Do The Right Thing, as he sees it. He is a staunch egalitarian, taking people on their own merits and treating everyone equally and respectfully, regardless of sex, race, or nationality; this is likely linked to his ability to empathize with others, to put himself in their shoes. When his moral compass comes into conflict with the orders and actions of those with authority, he is not afraid to argue or to break with authority entirely to do what he believes is right. He strongly dislikes bullies, and will unhesitatingly and without fail jump to the defense of the weak, without regard to harm or danger to himself. He is willing to die in the line of duty, and will invariably take a literal or figurative bullet for others, whether they are loved ones or complete strangers. He tries at all times to be useful, to help and protect others. He's not averse to lying or dissembling under certain circumstances, but he's generally pretty terrible at it. His morality is likely linked to his Christianity, but his faith seems to be something he prefers to keep private, as he doesn't talk about it much or express it in other obvious ways.
Steve speaks his mind as well as his heart; he is opinionated and not shy about sharing his views, and he is known to be earnest, honest, and straightforward about his feelings, both positive and negative. When he disapproves of something, it tends to be written all over his face, as well. He tends to see good in other people and readily places his trust in them. His straightforwardness lends him a natural air of authority, and his morality and generosity of spirit often inspire people to follow his example. He works well as part of a team and gravitates naturally toward a leadership position. He can be quite serious, and his sense of humor tends to be incredibly dry and delivered with a straight face, so people sometimes assume that he doesn't have a sense of humor at all. In fact, he is quite snarky and often sarcastic, and among friends he cheerfully engages in banter and submits to teasing.
Steve isn't perfect, of course; he's only human. He's a bit of a hothead, and can be easily goaded into verbal or physical altercations. When he's angry he can be cruel with his words or use his size and strength to intimidate. His steadfast determination, an admirable trait, comes hand-in-hand with dogged stubbornness. He is often very awkward around women, especially ones he's interested in, or vice versa. He's very self-deprecating, and has a complicated relationship with the celebrity, hero, and sex symbol status he acquired after the changes to his body wrought by the super-soldier serum—he's not always comfortable with the attention he gets. He is somewhat prone to introversion, and in rough times, melancholy. He uses art to express, soothe, or distract from distressing emotions; his other outlet is punching things—punching bags, bad guys, etc.—or other forms of physical exertion.
Although Steve is sometimes a bit of a loner, he does form strong emotional connections, and he's incredibly loyal to the people he cares about. You can't really talk about Steve without discussing his intense emotional bond with Bucky Barnes, his brother-in-arms and best friend since childhood. There is absolutely nothing Steve wouldn't do for Bucky, including laying down his own life, and indeed Steve struggles to have any enthusiasm at all for a life without Bucky in it.
Flavor Abilities: Upon entering Norfinbury, Steve would lose the super-strength, super-speed, and super-healing afforded to him by the Serum; he would merely be a large and muscular guy, strong, but within normal human bounds. Steve does have a number of notable (but quite human) skills: he has an excellent strategic and tactical mind, strong spatial and visual memory (bordering on photographic), and excellent hand-eye coordination. He's had extensive military and tactical training, and has shown himself to be adaptable to new situations. Also, good at drawing.
Suitability: Steve will be fairly well-suited to the basic survival aspects of the situation. He is adaptable and intelligent with a determined, can-do attitude, and having fought in the Alps in the wintertime during WWII, he'll be familiar with the cold and the snow and have the skills to take care of himself. He'll keep looking for a way out, or a way to contact the Avengers. The rations won't thrill him, but they're certainly no worse than what he ate during the War, or back home during the Great Depression.
Other aspects of the situation will take an emotional toll. Having already been uprooted from his entire life and everyone he knows once, it took him a few years to recover and start to build relationships and a life he feels comfortable in again; he'll probably take being uprooted again rather hard. In addition, he knows that Bucky is alive and out there somewhere, alone, without his memories, needing help, and now Steve won't be able to find and help him; this will be pretty distressing for Steve. The cold itself will have a negative effect on him emotionally, as he has bad associations with it; notably, watching Bucky fall to his "death" in an icy, snowy canyon, and Steve's own hypothermic "death" after crash-landing in the North Atlantic sea ice. Steve will keep going, doggedly, especially if he has other people to worry about, but he may lapse into melancholy when alone.
Steve's protective instincts will be on full display here; I would be unsurprised to see him hurting himself trying to get to people stranded outside after dark, or getting himself killed trying to fight a monster or putting himself in the line of fire while others escape.
As for how Steve will react to the ghosts and monsters and psychological issues... to a certain extent, he'll be able to take general weirdness in his stride. After the super-soldier serum, the Red Skull, time travel, Norse gods, an army of aliens, villainous robots, and flying purple androids, Steve will find very little truly surprising. After a lifetime of horrible health issues before the serum, pain, exhaustion, and sickness are things he's used to. He's plenty familiar with violent death, having seen plenty of it in WWII and other battles, but he's not broken to the point that he's unaffected by it. He's not especially equipped to handle paranoia, isolation, mania, depression, obsession, constant crippling terror, or the raw horror of the grotesque ghosts and monsters, so these things in particular will wear on his psyche over time.
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A standard single-story house with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and bedroom. All the furniture here is modern in style--metal or plastic with either very sharp lines or no lines at all. There are framed movie posters and paintings that seem suited to a college town cafe everywhere. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, DAY THREE, TRAVELLING WEST" and "ALPHONSE ELRIC, DAY FOUR, TRAVELLING SOUTH" are written on the hallway wall in pen.
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