"Metafour" vonBraun

"What does this button do?"

=• Early Life •= Laura is born of a family of eccentric scientists. She did not attend any formal schooling in her growing years, being largely taught by her father Jules who raised her as a single father. Learning just enough language to read the journals, she spent the first 16 years of her life looking through scientific documentation in all fields of study; including physical, biological, and social sciences.

Around 12 years old, Laura was exposed to a confusing and unique part of the human psyche regarding identity. When her father, Jules, underwent surgeries and treatment to become Julia, Laura saw the rather unpleasant agony her father experienced. This led to a rather strong level of research into genetics and viral works, but always felt troubled that something was missing...

Finally, at the age of 16, she chose to leave the home she grew up with and take on the world on her own, to perform her own studies and experimentation. Knowing almost nothing about social structure, or having any sort of real-world experience, Laura failed to attain any sort of job without enraging someone, breaking something, or (in a couple of cases) expressing her intimate nature in very wrong situations.

Laura eventually found stability working in a scrap yard in Portland, mostly hired on as eye-candy for the owner, but found a great deal of enjoyment and a passion for the mechanical as she salvaged up parts and began to tinker.

=• Post 20 •= Her work at the scrap yard soon offered her a home, building the tools she would need as she needed them, and secretly burrowing deep under the land. She spent her 4 years of homelessness by making a massive cavernous laboratory; ever growing as she is want for more space or a new tunnel where it may be needed.

She retained her day-job at the scrap yard while venturing into the world of formal education, attending Reed College on questionably-obtained funds. There she studied for over 6 years, earning far more credits than she would need to gain a doctorate but refusing to complete the graduation itself; she was there specifically to learn everything she could gain, adding computing and psychology, as well as other fields, to her arsenal of science And then the Bee happened...

=• Post Bee •= Her bee sneaked into a bag of popcorn as she sat watching a movie in a theater, munching on it and attaining its unique strengths that came with it. This did not bode well for the other patrons of the theater as the building was evacuated for fear of fire, and Laura herself had enough sense to leave with the crowd to try to avoid suspicion as the cause.

She spent a brief amount of time studying this new energy and strength, feeling her efforts rewarded as the tools of her passion are amplified by the anima.

Most excited, perhaps, as she redoubled her research on viral genetics, discovering the very key through the anima that she had been missing. She began to experiment on herself, choosing morally that she wouldn't want to risk causing suffering to others unless she would be willing to know exactly what was going to happen.

Afterwards, out of necessity, she also worked on pharmaceutical and illicit drug components to help her cope with the pain caused by those previous experiments...

=• The Secret World •= She found her way to the Secret World by connections of the Illuminati, an investigator discovering her as she left her lab after following the trail since the theater incident. There he offered her a job and access to resources and left.

She pondered simply ignoring the invite, but her curiosity prevented this... a chance to learn, after all, should never be declined. She took the pseudonym Meta in respect to her recently acquired computer knowledge referencing "MetaData".

Thrown into a world of zombies as an early starting point, she again researched and implemented code to allow her exceptional marksmanship, able to shoot a flea from a dogs back at over 500 yards. Modified, her eyesight became extremely keen for distance, yet now suffers hyperopia as a result. She must use reading glasses or contacts for reading, but has found other ways of identifying people from each other without sight.

=• Allegiance •=

Illuminati
She was brought into the Secret World via the Illuminati, yet she chooses not to answer to them. Considering herself freelance, she'll accept jobs offered by them, but does not adhere to their rules. She has also become a minor supplier of extra-curricular "medicine" for many of their "Business meetings".

Dragon
The second-in-line of finding her, the Dragon chose to let the Illuminati take claim to this new prospect for their own reasons. What those may be, she doesn't know, but does understand that the result of this choice may not even become apparent in her lifetime. Regardless, she is on friendly terms with the Dragon and its members.

Templar
Meta never appeared on the Templar's radar before she was snatched up by the Illuminati, and the relationship therein is neutral. Laura snickers quietly, as does the rest of the world, at the Templar's incompetence with technology. She offers her aid when asked, and will happily aid Templar members in their battles so long as they are at least polite.

=• Unique Tools •=

Sonic Screwdriver
Inspired by The Doctor, Meta has used the anima to create a false Sonic Screwdriver. Not nearly as powerful as the one shown in the BBC series, her's so far has only been able to dismantle machines rather than fix them. However, it is very, -very- good at dismantling machines.

Portal Inventory
Using the blue flame of anima and the access it offers to the Agartha, Meta has created and installed in herself a chip device that allows her to create a wormhole from any location in the normal dimension to a fixed point in her lab. The portal itself is small, anything larger than an average duffel bag would not fit, but it allows her access to bring tools and devices into the field that she would otherwise need to return home for.