Why could Nova’s powers kill her?
Because it hurts like hell and causes her harm if she’s using her own blood. Using her own blood makes her lose it as she can’t put it back inside her body. And if she could it would hurt anyway due to the blood now being contaminated. Furthermore when she’s pissed, Nova bleeds from her eyes and her facial scars and that blood is contaminated too. Luckily due to the blood getting very contaminated it can’t be used to link her to any crime. Plus Nova can just change her blood type if she needs to.
Her powers are essentially a double edged sword, making her the best killer the world has ever seen but also making her suffer and slowly killing her.
Is she immune to the ability of others?
Yes and no. It depends on how exhausted she is. On a day to day basis Nova is immune to most mind powers and able to tolerate any powers that will physically damage her. For example if a fire user tried to burn her it would work but Nova would laugh as she’ll be unable to really feel the pain, lab experiments made sure of that.
Mind abilities are similar but it depends on the type. Crescendo’s ability for example would not work on her, it’s too weak and too similar to the lab experiments that Nova is resistant to it. Amara’s ability would work BUT Nova would be very aware of it. She would say “Amara get out of my head unless you want to see me gut a person” However, if Nova is exhausted/on the verge of collapse then mind abilities could work on her. It’s not a guarantee but you will have a higher chance compared to when she’s not in that state.
What are Nova’s face scars?
As part of the experiments, the lab wanted to see if her blood abilities could also be used for healing and not just killing. They cut her face over and over again trying to trigger it. It worked but by that point the cuts were too deep to fully heal and now they’re a permanent part of her face. They’re healed but they look like they are brand new and when Nova is pissed they will open up and starts bleeding like a river. Not a good or painless thing.
Why did Nova’s parents give her up?
They didn’t want her. Her mother had a cryptic pregnancy so Nova was a very unhappy and unplanned surprise. They didn’t want to give her up for adoption as that would leave a trace and people could connect it back to them, plus in a world full of powers adoption can be…a pain. So they gave her up for experimentation. “Make him suffer like he did to me” - quote by her mother (Nova was born a boy). “At least he will be useful for once here”- quote by her father.
Why does she wear a choker and gloves?
It’s to hide her scars. She has her experiment number (011) put on her neck-front and back, wrists and ankles. Each of them was put in a different way so that if one got damaged then others would survive-for example it’s burned on her neck but tattooed on her wrists.
Furthermore it’s to hide her scars from shock collars. Due to her powers being so dangerous she had multiple shock collars put in multiple places of her body and she got shocked regularly, it’s why she has such a high pain tolerance. She uses foundation to hide them due to the fact that she can’t make them go away even with her blood manipulation powers (the scars became that bad before she could heal herself with her powers) but the accessories are there just in case the foundation wasn’t blended in well or she was in a hurry.
Why has she never been caught as an assassin despite her powers?
Due to her blood not having a set blood type. When it leaves her body the blood type will constantly keep changing due to not having a default. The reason why that hasn’t been linked back to her is because multiple heroes and villains (main shapeshifters) have that problem with their blood so her blood is useless. Plus she mostly uses her victim’s blood anyway so she rarely leaves any traces of herself
Yes and no. Adapting is the better word. Changing her appearance to match a different human? Yeah she can do that to an extent, like hair colour and eye colour. Body type not really due to that being made with a lot more stuff than just blood/DNA. She can technically give herself certain features like a tail or fins/gills but it hurts like hell and she needs to know the biology of what she’s adapting very well (which isn’t that much of an issue due to her being one of the most intelligent people in the world).
However, she can’t fully change her biology to a different species. Like she can’t turn into a giant humanoid fish or whatever. Too complicated and very very painful on her body. Better and easier to stick to only certain features and that’s only when she has to.
How did Nova get her day job?
The location was very short staffed and a lot of the martial arts trainers weren’t fully trained. Nova just slipped in and showed just how good she was and was basically hired on the spot. She quickly got promoted to being the manager/owner of the place and has basically given it new life, making it the most popular martial arts studio in the country and one of the best in the world.
Her whole body is covered in them, she just uses a shittone of concealer to cover them up. They’re all different kinds of scars, from cuts to surgery scars to burns and bullet wounds. They wanted to test out exactly how much she could take/survive/heal with her powers.
Furthermore, they all put her experiment number on her left eye. Using very specific lasers to burn/cut it into her eye without making her blind. She just uses eye contacts or even her blood ability to hide it. You can see it when she’s pissed and her eyes and wounds are all bleeding.
Due to her powers being blood manipulation/DNA modification, which is something EVERY LIVING BEING HAS, she’s part of the most dangerous classification. That’s excluding the fact that she has very high pain tolerance, is one of the most intelligent people in the world and is resistant to a lot of powers. Including that she’s still on that list, it’s the reason why The Boss doesn’t want her to leave the organisation but also fears her.
