Emily Barnes (MAA Fanfic Universe)

Jackie Regg / Laney the Laughable is a member of the Camelry. This particular version is a Percolation Wave clone, designed for the Marvel: Avengers Alliance Fanfic Universe.

Abilities

 * Similar to those of her Earth-DROM-1 counterpart.

Move set
All effects are referenced from the Laney the Laughable article at M:AA Fanfic Universe Wiki.

Game stats

 * Effects:


 * Exuding Charisma
 * Passive Attack Buff
 * 50% chance to apply Morale Boost on all allies before first turn.


 * Cost and Requirements:


 * 90 CP

Character bio
Accused of stealing WiFi, Jackie was hunted down in her native land by an oppressive regime. She tried to flee in her car, but only made it so far. They tossed two stunt dummies out of a helicopter to throw her driving off, then charged her with two hit-and-runs because she didn't let the falling crash test dummies stop her. When they finally caught up to her, there was a sparkling grape bottle in the car. They additionally charged her with DUI, even though there was no alcohol and she was plainly not drunk.

After a year of being abducted and put through absolute torment, she was able to manipulate some papers to get transferred to Camelorum. However, her old nemesis discovered this and sent a task force after her. She decided to do everyone a favor and escape from Camelorum, sparing that much-nicer facility the grief of her enemies having reason to visit. Upon escaping Camelorum, Jackie joined a circus, and was reincarnated as Laney the Laughable - a clown with amazing show abilities and even better fighting skills.

She was later recruited to the Camelry by Lightning Hobo to help defeat Xiboruty and save Dromedary Heights, and proved instrumental in allowing Carly and Emily to also eventually join the Camelry.

While her original wanted to retire, her Percolated xerox agrees to work with SHIELD to save Earth-12131-F.

Personality

 * Similar to that of her Earth-DROM-1 counterpart.

Trivia

 * Semaphore began as Emily Barnes, a character in The Tale of Emily and the Two Jens by Chad Patterson.


 * Emily's existence in Chad's original tale was inspired by a waitress he once knew at the Lizzie B's Cafe in Prestonburg, KY; as well as a nurse he knew about that lived around the same time - who was charged with destroying a TV, not a fountain.


 * Emily's life story in the original tale consisted of her destroying a fountain along with Jenny Jane and Jenny Kay, then getting sentenced to a year of hard labor while staying at the Floyd County Jail. When her story was picked up for Dozerfleet Comics, it was adapted that her encounter with Xiboruty - and color-changing hair - led to her being transferred to Camelorum Correctional instead for 3-5 years.


 * Her color-changing hair was originally so that every artist who depicted her hair a different color could all be right, so there was no wrong answer. Chad initially intended her to be a brunette, but she was a blond in several commission panels.  This inconsistency gets turned into a running gag in Camelorum Adventures, and later becomes Emily's superpower.


 * Semaphore is similar in name to Semaphry, another troubled young woman who gets a superhero upgrade in the Dozerfleet Megaverse - though their powers and themes could hardly be more different.


 * The founder of Dozerfleet took particular interest in Emily's story for two reasons:
 * She has the same first name as his now-deceased ex-girlfriend from high school, hence making her a blonde by default. (The real Emily's hair was blonde naturally, though often was dyed red.)
 * Emily is the most-frequently-commissioned Prodigal-Gamer character on DeviantArt, making her panels useful research for Sodality: Vindication in spite the Sodality women's chores looking nothing at all like the chores depicted in the commission panels.


 * Emily in Camelorum always has shoes in Dozerfleet canon, though she was usually depicted as barefoot most of the time in Prodigal's commissioned panels. This is because of a difference in philosophy between the two creators about prisoners and footwear.  As a concession, most prisoners in Dozerfleet works are rarely allowed to wear shoes of any higher grade than a bowling alley's rental shoes, limiting their usefulness for escape or fighting.


 * The first depictions of the Dozerfleet adaptation of Emily were first rendered in The Sims 4. To allow her to be in more action shots, her likeness was back-translated to Sims 3.


 * "Rail Line Chop" refers to railroad semaphores. "See the Signs" is a reference to both her hair signals and a line from "Signs," a song by Creed.  "Miny Moe" refers to the expression "eenie meeny miny moe," as she has to pick the target for her teammates.  "Camelorum Smackdown" references the fact that she got her combat training while serving time at Camelorum Correctional.


 * Dig the Wig is a reference to Prodigal's reaction upon first seeing the reveal of Emily's color-changing wig rendered in The Sims 3.


 * Emily's prison number in Camelorum Adventures is 5253436726, which translates to "Kaleidosco" on a cell phone keypad. However, she's also been depicted by other artists with numbers such as 5005121153 (according to Merwild).  This would translate to L++J!A!!KE, or "loves Jake."  However, her Camelorum in-series bio makes no mention of a Jake.

Team-up bonuses

 * I'm a kaleidoscope!: Teaming up with Karolina Dean
 * Red in the Ledger
 * The Camelry
 * Not of This Earth
 * Part of the Fleet: Dozerfleet Megaverse heroes.
 * Prodigal's Originals: Any other character first created by Prodigal-Gamer.