The Constant Vigil
Super Speed: Supreme
For The Librarian to control the behavior of many, she must be able to observe the many, all at the same time. The Librarian, while she cannot be everywhere at once, was made for just such a purpose. Once the transgressor is located, speed is even more of the essence; imperfection can easily spread, and the imperfect must be rehabilitated or removed before they can contaminate the rest.
Penance
Projectile Attack: Superior
- Ranged Attack Only
- Armor Piercing
- Target Seeker
- Multi-Attacks
The Librarian must teach lawbreakers the error of their ways. Her gun, while designed not to kill, will certainly teach a lesson to those who dare to defile the City with their presence. The gun is weighted with the force of Law; it will not fail to find and torment those unworthy of perfection, or unwilling to pursue it.
Redemption
Marksman: Supreme
A gun is nothing without a skilled user. And penance is nothing without the ability to redeem. For the imperfections of the City, the gun and the penance are one and the same. It is therefore fitting that the Librarian meets the requirements of skill and redemption alike.
One with the City
Spider Climb: Standard
The Librarian exists to serve the City. The City is protected by the Librarian. It is therefore to be expected that the City will assist the Librarian in her task. Because the City is now nowhere and everywhere, the Librarian can call on its assistance without regard to its borders.
The Haze of Memory
Smoke Screen: Standard
Even for one eternal as the Librarian, memory is not something that can be made perfect. The City as she remembers it no longer exists, and even her memory of it has started to degrade. An interesting conundrum; the Librarian views all as the City, yet the City must be as she remembers it. Yet she cannot remember the City properly...a paradox she must solve, and in her own fashion she has. For her, all is fog. She *knows* the City, yet need not *see* it. Such a state, then, must be true for her imperfect foe as well as her...even if they do not know the City as she does.
Condemnation
Emotion Control: Standard
The Librarian transcribes the name and crime of her target in her Book before she pursues him. Somehow, this act gives warning to her target, bringing fear and apprehension to him. This fear is not the type of fear one can attribute to mental control; it only gives the target the dawning realization that their imperfection will soon be laid bare. The knowledge of torment yet to come is itself one of the greatest tortures granted to humanity, and it is this punishment that the Book grants.
Increased Survivability Factor
Acrobat: Supreme
In her patrols of the City, the Librarian has been forced to realize that the City is a far more dangerous place than it once was. If she were to continue her vigil, she would need a better assurance of her own safety, for without her, the City would surely fall to sin. The question became, what could she do to protect herself? She had been made to be perfect and so had no capacity for self-improvement. The answer could only be that she was not trying hard enough, that she had not lived up to her own perfection. With this realization of her imperfection, however, came the knowledge needed to remedy it. She assigned herself the sin of Apathy in her Book, crossed it out again (for she had repented of it), and resumed her duties.
Unfailing Duty
Closed Mind: Standard
For as long as she can remember, the Librarian has patrolled the City; her entire existence is, and always has been, devoted to its protection. She can be said to live only in the technical sense of the word, as her personality has been entirely subsumed to her duty. For the Librarian, emotions are weaknesses, humanity a distraction from the City's safety. Indeed, no human would be able to bear the terms of the Librarian's obligation. To sacrifice one's entire existence to a lifetime of toil would be more than any would be able to withstand. And yet, the Librarian has done exactly that.
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