Dylan Foster

Dylan Foster, also known as Calypso, is a Senior Class member of the world-renown Legion Association. She is one of its several Major Generals and is ranked among the Legion's "Top 15": who represent the 15 most prolific, successful, and inspirational members within the Association. She is also the founder and leader of the Legion team Aurora: a team that specializes in dealing with waterborne threats. In addition, she is the founder of the Starfish Foundation and does water shows for kids. Dylan was born in the slums of Instinct and raised by her single mother Dana Foster.



Personality
"Legionnaires are viewed like heroes... kids look up to them, adults want to be them, and the "bad guys" fear them. But the truth is, we're not nearly as special as we appear to be. I've had my fair share of problems growing up, and they still impact me today."

- - Dylan


 * Calm, caring, and self-composed most of the time.
 * Tends to keep her personal thoughts and feelings to herself, preferring not to upset people or "make a scene" even if they deserve it.
 * Extremely creative and imaginative, which is pretty noticeable through her tendency to make up stories and tell them.
 * Likes encouraging people to follow their dreams, as she believes there's always a chance for everyone to become what they want to.
 * Adores aquatic life, and animal life in general, which is why she became a vegan.
 * A bit weird, preferring to vent her problems to and ask for advice from her talking imaginary fish friends than other people in private.
 * Quite humble and generous, choosing to avidly spend a large portion of the profits she make from being a Legionnaire in philanthropic ventures.



Imaginary Friends
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Loch Ness Monster
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Northern Lights
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Abilities
Dylan Foster is one of the Legion's Top 15, making her one of its strongest members. Her alias is Calypso, named after the goddess of the sea, strange power, and beauty in ancient history: in reference to her strange and almighty aquatic powers.

Psionic Prowess
Among the rare Psychics, Dylan is considered a prodigy who was able to use her Awakening on an elite level subconsciously when she was only a little girl. Once she became consciously aware and mastered the use of her powers in the Legion, she became one of its best practitioners of psionic energy while only a teenager. Her mastery over Psi grants her High Champion-level physical attributes in all areas: since melee combat isn't her specialty. As a Psychic, she has the basic ability to telepathically communicate with others and can sense the world around her through Flux.

Her greatest strength with her Psi is her ability to impose the phrase "mind over matter" into reality, however, this only applies to herself. With it, Dylan is able to make herself "one with ocean" in the sense that she can adapt to all aquatic habitats and become immune to any harmful effects. Additionally, she can swim at unprecedented speeds, breathe underwater indefinitely, communicate with marine life telepathically, and use the water as an extension of her senses to maneuver masterfully through it akin to a graceful sea animal. She can even walk and skate on water if she so desires, though this is mostly for fun.

Interestingly, her strangest feat with her Psi is perhaps the fact that she can also apply these aquatic traits to those who are in contact with water no matter where they are. This ability operates on the human fact that "water is the source of all life", and life cannot exist without it. Therefore, if she knows who someone is and they're in water, she can imbue them with these effects. Lastly, her own psionic mastery allows her to resist the powers of another Psychic to a varying extent.

Deep Dive
Dylan Foster is a prodigious psychic whose signature ability, Deep Dive, makes her mind psionically linked to the mind of the ocean and by extension all water itself. The ability first manifested when she was a small child unknown to herself at the time and is always active unless she turns it off. The psionic link between Dylan and the ocean allows her to "dive" into its mind, which is essentially a vast never-ending expanse of memories that contain records of all sea animals. Once inside, Dylan can search through the ocean's infinite sea of memories to find a sea animal suitable to her and can establish what she's dubbed a "D-Link" to physically manifest a replica of the ocean's memory of that creature via water. This is what is known as memory materialization, or sea summoning.

With this, Dylan can summon anything that exists or has, including legendary once-extinct sea monsters that would now be considered myths. The replicas she summons are usually perfectly identical to the creature that once lived, ranging from their physical capabilities to their intelligence. Contrarily, the more frequent Dylan summons her replicas, the more they develop human-level intelligence and their own personality: essentially their own existence. This existence becomes so pronounced that even without Dylan's conscious input, these replicas can manifest on their own at will and appear anywhere there is water. They can even appear in immaterial places, such as inside Dylan's mind, the ocean's mind or the minds of others: and move between all of them willingly. These replicas become more than mere "replicas" and are more like real people.

This is the case for Dylan's childhood imaginary friends, which is why they're so remarkable among Dylan's summons and are the strongest ones in her arsenal. These childhood friends are Sir Patrick , Gareth "Gary", Mr. Tentacles, Master Eugene, Pearl, the Plankton, and King Neptune. Since Dylan's summons cannot exist without her, they make sure to keep her out of harm's way at all times. In brief, they're a collective of extra consciousnesses who work together to form an automatic unconscious defense to keep Dylan safe and secure.

Dylan's Summons
Sir Patrick the Celestial Starfish, is Dylan's best friend and first summon. He is a Celestial Starfish, a species of highly intelligent otherworldly starfish. He used to live with Gary, but Gary deemed him "too controlling" and left on his own. Patrick was very upset when this happened, having believed that what they had was "special". He eventually "got over it", and only makes occasional passive-aggressive remarks about Gary. He is known for his unparalleled wisdom, manners, and leadership qualities. His special abilities include foresight, levitation, and light absorption. These traits make him well-suited for directing others from afar and ranged combat.

Patrick's foresight is not actual foresight, but rather the ability to predict the movements of an object or person based on his unmatched visual acuity and clarity. His levitation is a result of manipulating gravity on a low-level to weaken its effect on his own body. Lastly, his light absorption works similar to photosynthesis. The amount of light he can absorb is enough to reduce an area from a bright and sunny day to a pitch-black dark night: with himself being the only visible thing. If he absorbs this amount of light, he can release it in the form of a scorching solar flash that reduces anything it comes into contact with to smoldering ash. The light can be condensed into a laser beam that Sir Patrick fires from his eye. When it's used this way, it becomes strong enough to turn its targets to dust. Dylan uses Patrick's species as the source of inspiration for her Starfish Foundation and its signature starfish trinkets. Sir Patrick is approximately 6 feet tall, and much wider than a person. Gareth "Gary" the Sea Angel, is Dylan's close friend and second summon. He is a Sea Angel, a species of colossal sea slugs who have the ability to utilize fission and fusion on a magnificent scale. Originally, Gary was Patrick's roommate and the two of them lived happily together. However, Gary got sick of Patrick's controlling nature and treated as "second best" to Dylan. So, he moved out to be on his own. Whenever Patrick gets passive-aggressive, Gary goes off and isn't afraid of a fight no matter the odds. He is known for his cuteness, compassion, and creativity. His special abilities include being immune to physical damage, regeneration, and his peerless healing capabilities. These traits make him well-suited for reconnaissance and protecting others in dangerous situations.

Gary's true form is that of a titanic entity that can break itself down into millions of tiny clones with a hive mind that connects them all. The unique nature of his highly malleable body makes him the healer in the group, because he can use his own flesh as a bonding agent to reconnect human limbs, organs, and tissues. Dylan spreads the word of the natural ingredient in Gary's species to be used in the medicinal field to popularize them. Gary is about two inches tall, and the size of a pinky at best (not in his true form). Mr. Tentacles the Galvani Jellyfish, is Dylan's close friend and third summon. He is a Galvani Jellyfish, a species of bio-electric jellyfish who sense electromagnetic fields. Initially, Mr. Tentacles was Sir Patrick and Gary's grumpy neighbor who only liked shocking people, but eventually he softened up to the two of them and sees them as friends. He's known for making the best peanut butter and jam sandwiches, and often makes them for Sir Patrick and Gary during special days. Whenever the two of them get into it, Mr. Tentacles tries to calm them down with his sandwiches. It is his belief that people should direct their energy towards more productive means, which is why he's always either making or cooking something. He's known for being a trickster, energetic, and friendly. His special abilities include his outstanding electrical absorption and generation, unmatched speed among his peers, and exceptional sensory perception.

Mr. Tentacles' name is not just for show, his tentacles act as his main weapon and are perfect for overwhelming others in melee combat. Moreover, his ability to absorb and generate electrical energy cannot be overstated either. His entire body acts not merely as a battery, but as an entire generator for massive amounts of electrical energy. He can utilize the energy to drastically amplify his own speed and reflexes: making him able to swim, swerve, and strike at asinine speeds. The energy he can discharge can be used to induce paralysis, or simply to fry someone. His ability to sense electromagnetic energy combined with his electrical prowess enables him to "see" all living organisms or objects around him that emit these energies omnidirectionally. Mr. Tentacles is about 13 feet tall, which is actually much smaller than some giant jellyfish. Master Eugene the Killer Krab, is Dylan's close friend and fourth summon. He is a Killer Krab, a species of giant crabs who are renown for being ruthless killers. At the start, Eugene was a master martial artist at the dojo down the street from Sir Patrick, Gary, and Mr. Tentacles' houses. He routinely tried to recruit them, but they always turned him down. Later on, Eugene found out that they turned him down because there was too much drama going on between the three of them. Once he learned this, he offered to teach them meditation techniques to help them get themselves together. Albeit reluctant, they accepted his offer and he found new students and friends. He's known for liking a good fight, being strict, and always eager to train new disciples. His special abilities include his impenetrable shell, monstrous physical strength, and ability to exhale steam.

Master Eugene is a true master of martial arts with a lifetime of battle experience, honed body, and a well-disciplined mind. His large figure combined with these traits makes him a deadly combatant. He is one of the Dylan's rare summons that are just as proficient in land as they are in water. He is capable of moving quite fast on land by building up speed to mow down all targets in his way. His tough shell is nigh-unbreakable, capable of tanking all kinds of attacks and dissipating the kinetic energy to allow him to charge his opponents undaunted. His raw strength makes him capable of lifting objects that weigh hundreds of tons, more than ten times that of his own weight and he is the size of an adult elephant. Although, to exert himself to this degree he would be left incapable of fighting anymore afterwards. He can strike hard enough to shatter reinforced steel, and his vice grip can easily crush the human body into morbid goo. More importantly, he can exhale steam from his mouth that is stored within a sack-like organ in his abdomen. The steam can be used to burn foes but also as a source of water for Dylan to summon her other friends on land. Master Eugene is about the same size as an elephant and is about 10 feet tall. Pearl the Polar Whale, is Dylan's close friend and fifth summon. She is a Polar Whale, a species of flying whales with an awe-inspiring appetite. Pearl is Master Eugene's adoptive daughter, he adopted her on the request of her dying mother. Growing up, she was routinely trained by her father in private and taught respect, discipline, and martial arts. However, her large size made her unable to utilize it in the same way as her crab father. Consequently, Eugene helped her learn to utilize her species' unbelievably powerful mouths and sound manipulation to her benefit. Once she was confident in her abilities, she began publicly appearing in her father's dojo and befriended his other students: Sir Patrick, Gary, and Mr. Tentacles. She's known for being loud, rambunctious, and liking to show off. Her special abilities include gliding, sonic screams, and incredible suction power.

Pearl's sheer size makes her rather durable and resistant to many different kinds of attacks, but she's no Master Eugene or Gary in this area. Instead, her main form of defense is sucking in all attacks aimed at her into her powerful jaws. Uniquely, a polar whale's mouth and digestive system can break down nearly all organic and inorganic matter with ease. In the case of inorganic manner, it is ejected through their blowhole, and organic manner can be ejected this way if the whale wills it. This remarkable ability allows Pearl to literally eat her enemies' attacks and enemies themselves, making it difficult to stop her rather slow but mighty charge towards her foes. In addition, Pearl can emit sonic waves from pores on her underbelly to allow her to hover or "fly" above the ocean and across the ground. Her enormous size allows her body to store massive amounts of water, so she can survive on the surface for extended periods of time. As a result, she is also one of Dylan's summons that are most well-suited for combat on land and not just water. Finally, Pearl can emit deafening sonic screams across a vast area to drown out all other noises and destroy her opponent's eardrums.

Craftsmanship
Dylan is skilled in the art of artisanship and clothing design and has crafted thousands of starfish trinkets over the years as a staple of her Starfish organization. She made them in honor of her best friend, Sir Patrick the Starfish, who was the first animal she ever summoned as a kid. The trinket is meant to symbolize the saying "always reach for the stars" that Patrick always taught her, and that friendship can be everlasting. Patrick taught her how to make them, but since Patrick is simply a construct generated by Dylan's subconscious, she actually taught herself how to perfectly craft the exquisite jewelry. She has also crafted several other articles of jewelry and clothing, such as her own outfit, which was made to go with the trinkets.

Trivia

 * Dylan's first name means "sea" in English and is a gender-neutral name. Her last name "Foster" is also an English name originally derived from the word "Forster" or "Forester" that means someone who harvests and hunts.
 * Dylan's appearance is based on that of the character Aqua from the Kingdom Hearts video game series.
 * Dylan's theme is the World Map theme from Kingdom Hearts 3.
 * Dylan's childhood friends were inspired by the SpongeBob cast: a true cultural icon worldwide.
 * Dylan's ability "Deep Dive" gets its name from the secret ending and soundtrack of the same name from the Kingdom Hearts series.
 * Dylan's alias "Calypso" was taken from the Greek goddess of strange power and beauty who was a sea nymph. It was also taken from Pirates of the Caribbean movies, who was a sea goddess who could control the ocean and used humans as vessels.