Monica Dawson
| Monica | |
|---|---|
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| Portrayed by | Dana Davis |
| First appearance | The Kindness of Strangers |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | Photographic reflexes |
| Formal name | Monica Dawson |
| Gender | |
| Age | 28 |
| Home | New Orleans, LA |
| Sibling | Damon (brother) |
Monica is an evolved human from New Orleans, LA with a type of physical replication power. She is Micah's second cousin and acts as a surrogate to him while Niki is away.
Character History
The Kindness of Strangers
Monica is ready for work at the burger shop. She argues with Damon about watching a show on pay per view. She then sees a person on the television cutting a tomato to form a rose. Later she talks to her friend at the burger shop about wanting to be a manager. Her friend tells her that she always has high expectations but always gets disappointed. Monica says that it isn't fair that one storm (presumely Hurricane Katrina) kills her mom, and her education and her dreams. Monica disregards her friends comments and finishes cutting a tomato into a rose which replicates that of the tomato she saw on the television. Her boss tells her that she did not get the manager position because she would have to move around the state and her family life effects that. Disappointed, her boss reassures her telling her that many people wish they had a job.
Later Monica, goes home with food and sees that Micah used his technopathy, unbeknowest to her, to get Damon watching the wrestling match. One of the wrestlers (Rey Mysterio) does a swing dropkick (known as the 619) and Monica replays the shot in her mind while her mind memorizes it. Later that night when Monica closes the shop a person tries to get in because he is hungry. Even though Monica dismisses him he holds up a gun to her and tells her to sit down. It doesn't take long before Monica gets up and does the same wrestling move that the wrestler did on television making the robber fly through the glass splitting the tables and run. Monica is shocked by her ability, along with her boss who witnessed it.
Powers
Monica has the ability of photographic reflexes which allows her to perfectly replicate, without practice, any physical motion that she has witnessed. She is even able to replicate motions without active concentration, as shown when she absentmindedly cut a tomato into a rose. When watching a move performed, she goes into a short "trance" like state with mind recording the motion in her head. Notably so far, both acts that Monica replicated were acts that she first witnessed on television. It is assumed that she can also replicate actions seen in person.
See Also
- For other uses of Monica, see Monica (disambig).