Individual



Character's full name: Elliott Thomas
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: October, Ell.
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date of Birth: 10/31/1992
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Roswell, New Mexico
Nationality: Unknown. "American."
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Unknown. "Alien."


Appearance



Hair color and style: Bald. Two black antennae sticking up from his head. 
Skin Tone: Lime green.
Eye Color: Black.
Height: 6'2"
Build: Elliott has a runner's build.

Visible mutation:


Elliott has an alien appearance. He has green skin and pointy little fingers (3 of them), good for poking things inquisitively. Elliott has two toes on each foot. He doesn't have toenails. His eyes appear red, but only sometimes. His eyes have a third eyelid (a nictitating membrane), that is transparent, but filtered red. Beneath this, he has humanoid eyes that appear normal. They’re blue. If you get in too close for comfort, you can almost see the dot of the pupil beneath the red. Most of the time, he will keep his nictitating membrane up. He only brings it down if he wants to look more human. Switching between the two seems to bother people, and they seem to respond more to the blue eyes, so… he keeps the red up most of the time. Screw people. Although, if the right person asks... he might show them the baby blues. He doesn’t have visible ears. The sides of his head are flat. He can hear sounds around him similar to how many ear-less reptiles do: through his skin. His body is entirely hairless. Instead of a protruding nose, he has two vertically-slitted nostrils. Elliott also has two black antennae. He has a smile like a zipper that all the ladies love. On each hand, he has a thin line like a scar that cuts horizontally from near his thumb to the other side of his palm. When he wills it, they open up to reveal mouths. These mouths house the last element of his mutation, prehensile hand tongues. See mutation section for further details.


Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: No scars, tattoos, or piercings.
Other features: A thin line across both palms. It looks kind of like a scar, but it isn't.


Everyday clothing style: Elliott wears band tees, striped shirts, and blue jeans. He likes leather jackets, hooded jackets, and hoodies. When it's cold out, Elliott might wear a stocking cap. He wears hats and hoods, and tends to keep his head covered. Style is a mix between classic punk, indie, and whatever the hell he wants. Not. A. Hipster.
Uniform: No uniform. He isn't a superhero.
Sleepwear: T-Shirt and shorts. Maybe he doesn't even change after a hard day.
Miscellaneous clothing: Red scarf. Leather jacket. Black hoodie. Combat boots.


Character

Personality: Elliott is a nice guy, but his time as an orphan has left him jaded and slow to trust. He might be paranoid in certain situations. If he trusts someone, he'll do what he can to help them. If he doesn't trust someone, he may steal from them or get them in trouble. He's usually focused on doing things in his own best interests. Elliott has a criminal past. He's stolen, and he's sold stolen and illegal goods. He's a thief and a pickpocket, but Elliott isn't a mugger. He isn't a murderer. Elliott will protect someone if their life is in peril, though he might not do it in the most heroic fashion. Rather than fighting to save a life, he'll work to preserve it. If an employer wants someone killed, he'll argue against it by touting past usefulness, or the foolishness of murder. Murder is bad for business. It attracts unwanted attention, and you have to put in extra effort to do it right, so they don't live through an attempt and so it isn't traced back to you. Elliott is fairly neutral when it comes to good and bad, but he leans towards good. In Dungeons and Dragons terms, the man is a wishy-washy neutral good.

Hobbies/ Interests: Elliott practices parkour, Free-running, Capoeira, and Taekwondo. He doesn't practice Muay thai, Savate, or Brazilian Kick-boxing, but he's interested in them. Martial arts are one of his interests and hobbies. Elliott also likes skateboarding, reading science fiction and fantasy books, and listening to music. New York gets some of the best concerts. He also thinks robotics kits are incredibly cool.

Job or part time job and description: Elliott has a criminal history. He's been a pickpocket, a thief, and a purveyor of stolen goods. Currently, he's working as a "runner" in New York. A Runner is a sort of delivery boy who makes sure things get there on time, with the least possible attracted attention.

Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Elliott fears the worst of humanity. He saw what happened with the Registration acts and the camps, and he has read enough history to see that humanity isn't always the most accepting. As an alien, he's concerned he may never meet his people. He may be lumped together with mutants, and humans will treat him differently because of it. Elliott also has a healthy fear of New York Law Enforcement and the dangerous criminal element he works with. He does not ever plan to make enemies.

Special talents: Elliott has spent a lot of time free-running and practicing parkour. His job requires him to run, and he's good at it. He has practiced Capoeira since he was 10, and started training in Taekwondo off and on after the age of 17. He isn't a martial arts master, but he's talented enough in both. He didn't train in them for self defense. He trained to help learn balance, both emotional and physical. His foster parents at the time thought it was a good idea. On the streets, Elliott has picked up some sleight of hand. Also, pickpocketing and knowing how to handle a knife (Pro tip: Pointy end goes in first). He can pick some locks, and carries his own set of lockpicks.


Morality


Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Elliott has lived in a world of greys. He's done many things to survive. While he isn't one to kill, he'll defend himself, and thievery and selling stolen goods aren't things Elliott is opposed to. In D&D terms, he'd probably be closer to neutral good than chaotic neutral. He does have a code he abides to. While he might betray someone to save his own skin, he isn't one to happily let people he likes take the fall for him. Elliott also has a chauvinist side, in that he doesn't like seeing women get hurt, and might intercede in certain situations where he can be of use. He'll also do silly things like hold open doors and pay for dinner.


Mutations


To summarize, Elliott is a Mutant Alien Grasshopper Frog Man.

Alien Appearance and Physiology - Enhanced Legs and Hand tongues.

-- Super Kicks, Super Jumping and Landing, Increased Run Speed. --


Mutation description:

Elliott looks like an alien. See his appearance section for a description. His mutation based his physiology off that of frogs and grasshoppers. Grasshoppers have antennae that have a sensory function. Grasshoppers and frogs both share the trait of keen jumping skills. Grasshoppers can land if they jump from on high. Elliott's legs are strengthened for both feats. His legs and lower body have been enhanced to improve his speed, strength and durability. He can run faster than most humans. He can jump farther and survive greater falls. He can kick very hard. Finally, much like frogs have a tongue that they can use to catch flies, Elliott has two prehensile hand-tongues, with one housed in each hand. It's an alien twist on an old classic.

Strengths: Elliott can run the 100 meter dash in approximately 9.6 seconds. He can long jump nearly 30 feet from a running start. From a standing position, he can long jump 12ft 2 3/4 inches. These numbers are all slightly better (or equal) to Olympic athlete records for the sport in question. The only one that Elliott exceeds is the standing high jump. The record for that sport was 1.65 m (6.23 feet). He can jump upwards 20 feet from a standing start, thanks to his mutation. His body has been strengthened to allow him to land better, and to stand up to the increased power of his kicks. Elliott's legs and back can handle falls from heights of up to 60 feet. If he falls further, he will hurt himself. His average kick is equivalent to that of a fully-trained taekwondo master. A grazing kick will hurt like hell. Greater speed equals greater power. If he has the time and distance to build up for a Super Kick, it'll hit like a battering ram. Spinning while he does capoeira might also allow him to build up a super kick. A Super Kick is strong enough to send people flying. It may break a bone or two if he gets a good kick in.

On each three-fingered hand, Elliott has a mouth. These mouths have jagged teeth around the rim of them, and contain his extending tongues. Each tongue is 12’4, twice his height. This tongues extend, and can be moved in the air like extensions of himself. They can even carry things. And drool on them. And taste them. Yeck! The tongues can function like grappling hooks, and are strong enough to haul Elliott in. If he grabs a ledge and gets a good grip, he can pull himself up.

Hand-tongues are immune to most germs and diseases.

Weaknesses and Limitations: Olympic Athletes operate on what some might consider a "super-human" level of speed, but compared to mutants with actual super speed, Elliott is on the low end of the grading curve. His average kick is well within human levels. A super kick requires some speed to build it up. It's a dangerous blow, but it's also predictable. Super kicks tax his body. He can only do that move two or three times in a given day before he needs to rest. His jumping is super-human, and requires enhanced leg strength. His leg strength is super human, to allow for those jumps. He has enhanced durability to help him in the event of a fall. This doesn't make him immune to fall damage. It protects his legs, and his spinal column. The rest of him is still vulnerable. And the rest of him doesn't have any enhanced agility or strength. The super strength is just in his legs. He doesn't have infinite stamina for running or jumping. Eventually, he does tire out.

Hand tongues carry only as much as Elliott can carry with his arms. He can't use two at the same time with the same dexterity as he could with one. Grabbing things requires him to wrap a tongue around the object. This shortens his effective range. Bigger objects require him to be closer to grab.

Hand mouths cannot eat anything. There isn't any connection to any sort of stomach. They can bite, but  since they can't digest, anything they bite, they have to spit up.

Hand-tongues are immune to most germs and diseases, but they're not immune to poison or food poisoning. He also tastes everything he grabs. Also, they're great big targets that heal just as fast as a regular tongue... so if they get cut off, they aren't growing back any time soon. They're a little more durable than a human tongue, to help protect against such a fate, but its still a definite possibility. He won't be tongue lashing any samurai sword masters. He also won't be sticking his tongue in any light sockets.

Growth description:

Wall-Running


Elliott's hands and feet have an ability similar to that of grasshoppers. He can cling to surfaces using his palms and feet. He can use this ability to hold on to objects, or climb solid surfaces, such as walls, glass windows, or even large objects like mutants. The cling is strong enough that Elliott is capable of running on walls, in addition to walking or climbing them.

His feet have also gotten tough as leather.

Strengths:

Elliott's core muscles and legs are strong enough to support him upright while standing on solid surfaces, even if the surface is the ceiling or a wall. He can stand upright, parallel to the ground. He can also crouch for hours, if need be.

Elliott can climb buildings, and stride across the surface of skyscrapers. There is no time limit to how long he can do so.

Walking on walls opens all sorts of possibilities.

If he falls, he can use his downward force to add power to his kicks. He can potentially boost them to super kicks. Previous weaknesses and limitations still apply.

His feet are as tough as leather. He can go without shoes.


Weaknesses:

Skin-to-skin contact is required. Palm to wall. Foot to window. He cannot wear shoes while using this power.

Elliott's normal human strength levels determine how well he can carry things when he's using his power. If things are too heavy, or what he's wearing is too heavy, mobility is impeded just how it would be on solid ground. Light things are easy to carry while standing still, or while running. Heavy things are not.

It is possible to get stuck on things, if he isn't paying attention.

Rain can wash him away.


Physical Abilities

General Physical Capabilities: Elliott is faster than the average joe, thanks to his mutation. He has stamina for running long distances. He's practiced some martial arts. From these things, he's gained strength, speed, reflexes, flexibility, and mental and physical balance.

Fighting Style: Capoeira, Taekwondo.

Fighting Style Pros/Cons: Both capoeira and taekwondo are martial arts that focus on kicks. Taekwondo puts emphasis on speed and agility. Force equals mass times acceleration. One philosophy in the martial art is that greater speed equals greater striking power. It was observed to improve strikes far more than greater mass did. Elliott's strong legs help with both of these things.

Capoeira can be unpredictable. It is seen by many as a dance. That's how he sees it.

While Elliott has two martial arts that he practices, his main combat philosophy is the flee and live to flee another day. Fighting is bad for business.

He recently started learning about Escrima (AKA, Arnis, or Kali). It's the national sport and martial art of the Philippines. It focuses on weapon-based fighting with knives, blades, and sticks.  It also has some hand-to-hand, joint locks, and grapples. 


History Of Your Character


From the day he was born, Elliott knew he was different. Well, technically, he did not know. Because he was a baby. Babies do not know these sorts of things. His parents told him, yes. They told him they told him. But he did not actually latch onto the complex concept until he was older.

Green-skin, antennae, ruby red spheroids not entirely similar to eyes… and a completely normal, no-questions-asked, why-would-you-even-think-there-were-questions visible lack of ears were just a few of the ways that Elliott was different. He also had three fingers on each hand. Well, two, if you wanted to count that third finger as a thumb. Your loss, if you did.

His parents told him he was different. His parents told him he was special. Because Elliott, as you see, was not human. Nor was he the divergent offspring of the human worm-babies. No. Elliott was an alien. From Space. Of course, this was entirely untrue. They never told him the truth of his hatching. He came from the sky. They didn't know how or why. On the day of his birth, his mother, a giant red phoenix shifter, dropped an egg down over a field in Roswell, New Mexico. She didn't care about the egg. She hated the eggs father, and as far as she was concerned, the egg could get cracked and used in a cheese omelet. The egg was black and glassy like obsidian, and it burned as it fell. When it hatched, he came out. They adopted him, and fled the scene. No, they never told him that story. It would have led to too many questions, and attracted too much attention if he started telling it to government folk. Instead, they told him another story. Elliott was special, yes. Elliott was a mutant. He didn't come from the stars. His mother hadn't been abducted and impregnated, though that would have been damn good excuse. Mutant. M U T A N T. Elliott couldn't believe this load of crap. One day when he was 9, he went to a local library and researched the day of his birth. That was the day he discovered that on his birthday 9 years ago, a mysterious hollow black meteorite had been discovered. It was hollow. Almost like it had had something in it. Like maybe, him. He never told his parents that he knew. He let them lie and tell him he was a mutant. His own world view was superior to their crap. Regardless of how his parents treated the wonder of his birth, the little green baby was still their son. He just needed extra… love. And a little tutoring, here and there, on how to deal with other people (as well as his powers).

When he was in kindergarten, his hand tongues first manifested. He was playing with blocks and wanted to reach one. He didn’t think anything of it. Elliott just whipped it out and got the block… with the tongue… on his hand… from his hand mouth located there. The teacher, on the other hand, had several different emotional reactions to the scene. He got a new teacher, the next day. He kept on playing with blocks!


The other kids, as a rule, didn’t play with him. They tended to avoid him. This continued on through grade school, and for the majority of his life with mom and dad. When he was 9, he found out about his egg. He loved his parents, but that lie was something he just couldn't forgive. They had never told him the truth! Before he ever got the chance to confront them about it, they died suddenly in a car accident, and he was absorbed into the system. He became an orphan.

Elliott's first foster parents were hippies in New Jersey. They wanted Elliott to find his center and be free. Part of their way of helping his soul cope with the loss of his parents was to introduce him to capoeira. It was this really cool dance you could do. Some people called it fighting, but the movement was really freeing, see? And it made one feel exhilarated. He kept up the capoeira for several years with that family. They also taught him to express himself in a number of other interesting ways. He went through grade school, and fell into some trouble. Got involved with the wrong sorts of people, and picked up some bad habits. One of them was selling his parents personal herb collection at school. It wasn't like he'd used the vile Earth herb. That probably wouldn't have even worked with his anatomy, anyways. The trouble got him suspended... and got him taken away from his foster parents. He got a new set in Washington, DC. He was 14.

The Washington DC parents were garbage. One was a lawyer, a real class act. A defense attorney who stood up for vile criminals and wanted to get Elliott involved in some sort of program to help him become an upstanding citizen. The other one was his 'dad'. Dad did a lot of cooking and cleaning. Dad wanted to become a professional caterer. He had the talent. If Elliott had stayed, maybe he'd have seen the man become truly happy. Instead, he ran away.

DC is a good place to live if you're looking for crime. Murder capital of the USA, Washington DC is. While he was on the run, Fall 2007 happened, as did the Mutant Registration Act and the camps. He was 15 at the time, without any narc parents to rat on him. He saw people vanishing and he saw the giant robots. He saw the writing on the wall.It was frightening, so he ran and he hid. He made contact with several mutant and human criminal elements, and started working on bettering himself and learning a trade. At the time, he still enjoyed practicing his little capoeira dance. One of his friends said he seemed like a martial arts sort of dude, and thought he'd like taekwondo, so he introduced him to it. Elliott liked taekwondo. He liked it a lot. He also liked thievery. He became a thief.

Years passed. Elliott stole and sold many things. Elliott learned how to take care of himself. He got drunk on his 21st birthday, and met a lovely lady who thought parts of his mutation were awesome. He ran with her for a while. Then, his group decided to move to Vegas, and he wasn't really into Vegas. He headed for New York. “New York seems to have a grand convergence of mutants,” Elliott thought. “Further research required.” He was an alien, yeah, and people were pretty cool with that. But those mutants were the closest thing to aliens at the moment. They were a step above stupid humans. He had no real connections to anyone in his group. New York was a fine change of pace.

Roleplay

Where did you learn about this site?: I was shown the site by a player who no longer plays on MRO. They played Arielle and Dominic.

Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: I used to play several characters. Tetsuya Shinbo, Lenna, Aurum Mellitus, Amelia Mellitus, and Ashton Drake.

Sample RP:

Dear Diary.

Puny humans. Worthless. They mock, they point. Do they not get it? Do they not see? Many wear four eyes. Four. Yet for those with eyes even numbering in fours(!), they can be so blind. Those fools. Those silly, bigoted fools. If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we NOT DIE? … Results uncertain upon the last. Further testing required. Need willing test subject. Sadly, I appear to be the only one.

Diary, diary. I am the only one. Did you forget? Did you? How could you? I thought we were friends. When my parents found me, I was alone. They made it such that I wouldn’t feel it. But they could only do so much. As I sit here with pen in hand, writing my thoughts, I can only shed a tear over my lack of tear ducts with which to shed tears regarding my plight. Of the entire planet, the closest one might come to locating a decent lifeform similar to my species would be to look upon the mutant race. Homo Superior, some call them. Still inferior to my race, of course, but… Subjects show promise. Moreso than humans.

Must think upon.

End log.

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Signature is by Firefly. Thanks, Firefly!

Welcome back, Shin!

Welcome back, Shinbo. <3 I really like this character~ and am already concocting potential plotsy/threadsy things if you're game (most centering around is job as a runner and Jack's former job as one...). Hope to see you around on the boards!

Here's Elliott's AV profile, Benji!

Face Claim is Steven Yeun.

Individual

Character's full name: Benjamin Elliott Park
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Ben, Benji
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of Birth: 11/01/1992
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Brooklyn, New York
Nationality: Korean-American
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: He has Korean heritage, on his father's side. His father immigrated from South Korea. His mother is a good old fashioned American Melting Pot mix of ancestry, none of which she knows or embraces. She's from Texas.

Appearance

Hair color and style: Dark, wavy, slightly curled. Kept mid-length, or short. Sometimes, he grows a thin mustache.
Skin Tone: Caramel, would you say? Between brown and fair.
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
Build: Toned, from years of martial arts.
Visible mutation: Not applicable.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Not applicable.
Other features: When he uses his power, a blue streak trails behind him, accompanied by a zippy whooshing sound.

Everyday clothing style: Benji wears nice clothes. Designer jeans, button ups, slacks and dress shirts. He wears suits for work-related stuff, or for showing off his art at local galleries, and he wears it when he goes to parties. When he excercies, he wears running shorts and a tank top. Maybe a light sports jacket for running when it's cold outside. If he's being casual, like at a ball game or around family, he might wear a polo and a ball cap, or a jersey. Maybe occasionally, he'll wear a t-shirt, but mostly it's understhirts and button ups, or flannels. He likes Converse and Vans for footwear, and a lot of Under Armour and Nike. He has a good selection of music and art-themed t-shirts, but they're mainly for at-home-wear.
Uniform: For work, he wears suits. Unless he's coding and doing graphic design at home.
Sleepwear: Shorts and a t-shirt.
Miscellaneous clothing: Dodgers ball cap. Red scarf.

Character

Personality: Benji is passionate. He loves his work, and has a drive to share his thoughts and ideals. He's a friendly guy, with a good sense of humor. He's often making jokes or playing pranks. There's a dark side to him, an anger. The Mutant Registration act affected his family. Thr strong views he expresses in his art come from that, as well as the negativity towards mutants he sees every day. He can't understand how it happened, how all that fear and hate got hold of people's hearts... and how the government supported it. There's anger in him, towards hateful people, towards any abuse of power. Any anti-mutant hate crime. Bullies. Criminals. His city needs to get rid of hateful elements like that.

As he was a human for the majority of his life, Benji understands both sides of the mutant / human issue. He supports mutants more strongly. Both his parents are mutants.

He wants to have a positive impact on the world. If his art and his music can inspire, he will feel good about that.

Hobbies/ Interests: In his spare time, Benji practices martial arts. He does this because it helps him find his inner focus, helps him find his balance. He likes the discipline of the art, loves practicing the forms and learning new techniques. The martial art he grew up practicing is Taekwondo. He has practiced that since he was 8 years old, and occasionally helps teach classes for younger students. In college, he practiced Capoeira, mainly to impress chicks. It was cool and some guy on the quad was showing off. It wasn't too difficult convincing the man to teach him some moves. Outside of those two, Benji had interests in other forms... but doesn't practice them. He considers himself a martial arts junkie. Loves Kung fu movies and watching MMA tournaments and UFC fights. Even boxing. His dad first turned him on to martial arts as a sport. He did a few youth tournaments, but when he got into higher grades, his interest in competing waned. He might spar occasionally in class, but his interest is largely in meditation and the forms.

Benji paints. He's an artist, though he hasn't become a big name yet. He went to college on an art scholarship. His style is abstract art that focuses on what it means to be human or mutant, living in America. It focuses on alien perspectives, twisted landscapes, and sometimes, sky and cityscapes overwhelmed by planets and stars, rather than the usual light pollution. He's done some work with anatomy in his paintings, and dabbled in sculpture, both abstract and traditional. Art is his passion. He wants to convey all the difficult emotions of the people he's seen and met, as well as his own experiences growing up in a post-2007 Mutant Registration act world. He also focuses on differences in culture that separate and bring people together. He focuses on the union of ideas.

His main drive is music. He wants to become a professional violinist. He also has an interest in mixing and composing music.

Benji has graphic design skills, and a strong interest in computers and technology. There's a lot of potential for technology to help in music and art.

Benji runs and jogs. In high school, he sprinted and did the long and high jumps for track and field. He also enjoys cooking for himself, and has taken a few classes. His favorite types of foods are Asian-inspired dishes, Mexican, and Italian cuisine. He also knows how to cook some traditional Korean dishes, barbecue (of all styles), and noodle dishes like ramen and pho.

Benji likes to dance. He enjoys taking women to dance clubs, and even took several classes on different dance styles with an old girlfriend. He knows various hip hop styles, country, and ballroom dancing. Personally, he likes to break dance. He loves night clubs and partying with a fervor that is impressive.

He likes Parkour.


Job or part time job and description: Benji is a fledgeling graphic designer. He does work for various companies. He's working on finding an orchestra group so he can become a professional musician. He is also an artist. In his free time, he paints and makes sculptures. He's sold some of his work, and displayed in some local galleries, though they were minor galleries. He hasn't hit it big yet.
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Hate-groups and terrorism. Organized crime. His own mutation, and the possibility it could hurt someone.
Special talents:

Benji is a talented painter and sculptor. He is excellent at violin and piano.

Benji can speak English and Korean as main languages, and speaks Chinese and French, learned through school classes.

He has spent many years practicing taekwondo and capoeira.

Cooking. Dancing. Parkour. Graphic design and computers. Mixing music.


Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other:

Benji believes in people, but also fears hate. He has a strong belief in overcoming anger, and learning acceptance. It's hard, because he has anger issues he himself is dealing with.

He would never steal or deface property. If protecting someone required him to get violent, he would try his best to avoid violence, but fight if nothing else worked. He is willing to talk out problems, and communicate to get a point across.

Benji will argue about politics or issues he has a differing opinion about, but he'll be respectful while doing so. Ultimately, I guess you could say Benji is kind of squeaky clean good.


Mutations Speedster. Super Speed.

Mutation description:

Benji is a speedster. His power gives him olympic level sprinting capabilities, on the surface level. It also has enhanced his reaction times (within human levels), and has increased his endurance and stamina, as well as his balance and agility. When he taps into his true power, he can "burst" forward. His running speed increases (up to 100MPH) for a brief tick. During that second of super speed, he moves at an increased rate and can perform feats of incredible speed. It only lasts a second, though. He can string multiple bursts together, but his energy can run low and require brief respite. Eventually, it requires rest and food in order to recharge.

Strengths:

- Benji can sprint at Olympic speeds. Usain Bolt's record is about 30MPH. He averages around 23-26, on a good day. Less, if he's not giving much effort. He can run the 100 meter dash in 9.58 seconds, if he's giving it his all.
- Running doesn't make him sweat much. Which is a nice side effect of super speed. Minimal BO.
- By tapping into his power, Benji can burst forward at speeds up to and including 100MPH. He can do less. This burst lasts 1 second per burst, and multiple bursts can be strung together.
- Bursting can push him in a direction he's moving, even if he wouldn't normally be able to run that way (due to crazy things like a lack of ground). This can give him super speed double jumps. He can launch himself in any direction, including backwards. He can also just increase his speed while standing still.
- The “burst” is a sudden shift in momentum in any given direction, and the 100 mph running speed is a product of his legs having the capacity to keep up with his own momentum shift.
- Think of the burst like a fastball. If the fastball hits the ground, it rolls and carries itself. If it's in the air, it is propelled by its momentum. Bursts give his body a brief kick of speed. His legs help carry and propel him when he's on the ground, to allow him to propel himself forward. In midair, the brusts propel him forward. It works in two different ways, but the end result is rapid propulsion in a direction through super speed.
- 100MPH means approximately 147 feet per second, or about 45 meters per second, to give an approximation of how far he can travel in a single burst. Of course, on average, it's less, because he likely isn't moving in a straight line, or just running. He may just be moving very fast, but in place. Sped up motion is going to take time away from that sliver of perfection that is super speed, and interacting with the world means standing relatively still.
- Benji's reaction times are equivalent to a professional athlete's (such as a professional driver or MLB player).
- Benji can run longer, and has better endurance when it comes to running. His body can also handle the extreme speeds of his power without shattering or breaking down through prolonged use of super speed. He doesn't receive any of the negative aspects of the super speed when using his power. That means, his body is resilient against high speed impacts while bursting, and he doesn't catch fire due to air friction, or have organ failure from pushing himself too hard. He also doesn't receive any of the positives, like running up buildings and over water, or performing crazy whirlwinds, and putting out fires with vacuums or catching falling debris with tornadoes. He doesn't move fast enough, nor does he maintain speeds for very long.
- Impact protection means his high speed attacks don't shatter his body. Crashing into a bug or a wall at 100MPH also won't kill him, or injure him badly. This protection is only active during the second he uses his burst of speed.
- High speed punches and kicks can hit like a battering ram, knocking a person over if enough force is put into them. They may even send someone flying. Force = mass x acceleration. Rapid punches and kicks don't have the same amount of stopping power as a rushing attack powered by a burst of speed. They just hurt. For the super punch or super kick, he's gotta put some oomph into his attack alongside that speed.
- Enhanced balance and agility mean he can react like a professional gymnast or tumbler on the ground or in the air. He can maintain his balance, and do acrobatic maneuvers at extreme speeds. He also can jump much further and higher than the average person (when using his bursts).
- He can long jump 30 feet from a running start. From a standing position, he can long jump 12ft 2 3/4 inches. He can jump upwards 10 feet from a standing start, thanks to his mutation. With bursts, he can effectively "double jump", or sprint so that he's airborne. This extends a boosted jump to 40 (for running long jump), 20 (for standing long jump), and 20 (for standing jump).
- If he uses a burst before hitting the ground while falling, he can push himself in a direction to avoid fall damage. Sort of like teleporting right before you hit the ground. Or he could just catch hold of something, to stop the fall.

Weaknesses and Limitations:

- When sped up, he moves several times faster than a normal person. But he can still be hit, and still make mistakes. He only moves as fast as a professional fast ball. Baseball players hit those all the time.
- Too many super kicks and super punches will wear Benji down.
- He has no fall protection, so if he jumps high in the air and doesn't figure out a way to prevent himself from splatting, he will be hurt.
- He isn't invincible. He isn't stronger than a normal human.
- Benji can be surprised. He doesn't move at super speed all the time.
- He can burst 3 times, back-to-back, before needing to let himself recharge for 8 seconds. If he waits between bursts for a few seconds, on the third burst, he can recharge in 5 seconds. If he rushes himself, it takes longer to recover.
- If Benji waits 12 seconds or more between bursts, the "cooldown" resets.
- After 30 minutes of continued sprinting and bursting, Benji needs to rest and eat to recover.
- If he overexerts himself with bursting, he might last even less time than 30 minutes. Tapping into that part of his power drains a lot of energy, fast. He has to pace himself, and plan the best ways to utilize his super speed.
- Super speed can accidentally injure people.
- When he bursts, light blue streamers of energy flow behind him. They're entirely a visual effect, utterly useless, but pretty. They also ID him as a mutant and let people know that he is using his power.
- Midair bursts can only propel him in a straight line, while ground-based bursts allow him to change directions.

Physical Abilities

General Physical Capabilities: Benji has trained in martial arts since he was about 7 years olds. His strength, speed, and flexibility are better than the average person's abilities. He isn't a weight lifter, but he's toned and strong. He can kick and punch with a lot of force. He has also practiced motion, so his body can move very well. His speed is really quite good. It has been boosted by his mutation, so that outside of 1 second bursts, he moves about as fast as an Olympic tier sprinter. Human levels, but fast. During bursts, he can go up to 100MPH for a second at a time. His stamina for running is superhuman (because he's a speedster), but physical activities such as punching, kicking, and heavy lifting will tire him out about as fast as an average human. His reflexes have been enhanced by his mutation. They're on the same level as a professional athlete, such as a professional driver or an MLB player. They're fast enough to keep up with his speed, to hit a ball moving around 100MPH, or to control a vehicle (read: himself) moving very fast. They aren't fast enough to catch bullets, or to dodge every single attack. His martial arts training and reactions may allow him to handle himself in a close fight, moving and blocking... but these are still human levels for a reaction time. He can get surprised and overwhelmed, just like everybody else.

Fighting Style: Benji has taken taekwondo since he was around 6 or 7. He trained at his uncle's gym, and hasn't really stopped. His uncle helped him learn how to better control himself, his mind, his body, and his mutation. He dicked around in college with parkour and capoeira, but those were more fun things he could do in his spare free time than a spiritual martial art. As far as ACTUALLY fighting goes, though... he would most likely run away from conflict. Getting drawn into a fight one can avoid is bad. Conflict should be avoided. It's better to make peace, and resolve problems with words. He does taekwondo for the mental aspect of it. He'd use it for self defense if a conflict was unavoidable... or if he were protecting someone who could not protect themselves. But he doesn't go looking for trouble. If one can avoid trouble, they really should. It's good for business.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons: There are no cons to running away from a fight, unless you dislike being called a coward. Capoeira focuses on using speed to augment blows. Benji's mutation is about speed. It dovetails nicely with his martial art. There are strengths and weaknesses to any martial art. Taekwondo's true strength lies in its kicks. There's a lot of footwork, and practice placing focus on movement and endurance. Less focus is placed on punches, elbows and other close-range skills. Therefore, someone proficient in taekwondo may not be as skilled at close-range fighting as someone trained in boxing or other similar martial arts. Taekwondo also places less focus on ground fighting, unlike arts such as judo and jujitsu. People better practiced in grapples and takedowns will have a slight edge on someone who practices taekwondo.

History Of Your Character

Benji was born on 11/01/1992, to parents Jin Park and Susanna Calvin. It was a natural birth, though it almost wasn't. It all came down to timing and coincidence. His mother, a phoenix shifter, was pregnant, and uncertain whether she'd lay an egg or pop out a baby the human way. When they went to the hospital to deliver the baby, for some reason the moment the doctor entered the room, she shifted out of the red-feathered phoenix form, back into her blonde-haired, blue-eyed human female form. It almost caused complications, but the doctor and nurses were able to smooth the situation down. His father, Jin, thought there was something strange about the whole thing. He felt funny the entire time he was in the hospital room, but he never looked into it. With red skin and a mutation he didn't need to draw on, he never knew their doctor was an Adapted. It really didn't matter, in the long run. Benjamin Park was born healthy, with no egg shells or anything.

His childhood was simple enough. He did well in school, practiced violin and piano for music class, and played sports with kids after classes. He practiced Taekwondo at his uncle's gym, and kept out of trouble.

When he was around age 14, the mutant registration act passed. His parents were taken by a Stalker robot, and it was then that his life forever changed. It locked onto another mutant in the building... and that mutant was him. His mutation had not yet activated. He had no idea why the robot was chasing him. He ran. And, filled with adrenaline and fear for his life, Benji's mutation activated, launching him forward with a vicious burst of speed. From zero to 100 miles per hour in less than a second, he shot like a major league fastball out of his house. When the burst of speed faded, a second later, he found himself sprinting down the sidewalk like an olympic runner. He was completely unsure of what had happened, but he poured on the speed and it happened again. He found he could perform brief bursts of speed like that about once every second, and that they lasted one second each, but he couldn't string them back to back infinitely. He could burst forwards 1, 2, 3 times in a row. But after the third time, it took about 5-8 seconds for him to recover. If he paced himself, and waited several seconds between bursts, the "cooldown" was around 5 seconds after using the last burst. If he rushed himself, it took longer to recover. His stamina was much greater than the average man's, but after about half an hour of hardcore sprinting and bursting, Benji found that his body's energy reserves grew low. Rest, food, recovery. Those were the best options. Benji also found that these bursts of speed could launch him in a direction, even up, and that his body had been supercharged with great agility and reaction times to compensate for the fastball speed of his power. He wasted a lot of time testing his limits as he fled the scene of his parents' abduction. All the way to his uncle's gym.

Wan Park took Benji in, and took care of him while his parents were in the camps. He kept him going to school, and kept him positive. Trained him to keep his mind off the registration act and the camps, and all the crazy things going on in the world. He helped Benjamin learn to use his powers, and moderate himself so that he didn't accidentally use them. His normal running speed had been altered by the power, up to Olympic levels of sprinting skill, and he could run long distances without tiring or injuring himself. The great agility from his power allowed him to jump farther and higher than the average person. At least double normal levels... and his balance when moving on ground or in the air had obscene grace. When using the power, he found he had some form of impact protection. When he connected with things, with a kick or a punch, his strength never changed, but the power of his hits was increased. Force = mass x acceleration. It was a basic principle of taekwondo. Using his power, he could really hurt someone. So he learned to control it, to mitigate and avoid complications.

Benjamin went to school. Eventually, his parents were released from the camps. He went to college and made them proud. He had many interests. Photography, poetry and writing, journalism, art, music. It was ridiculous how many different ways his mind wanted to take him. Benji also liked robotics kits, and gadgets and computers. His major was a mess. What it ultimately boiled down to was a double major. His Bachelor of Fine Arts degree allowed him to focus on music. Composition, recording, mixing, and so on. It also allowed him to focus on 3D designs (like sculpting) and graphic design, by minoring in the media side of an art major. He enjoyed painting and sculpting, and took classes on those, but they were largely for him. His focus was to become a professional violinist, but he wanted graphic design as a career option in case getting a job in the music industry fell through. His few journalism and photography classes distracted from the overall goal of the class load, and his course load took over his life. It was an obsession for him, though. He wanted to express himself through art and music, and he wanted to make his family proud. He started college at 18, and it took 5 years to complete his double major. He was 23, nearly 24, when he graduated.

Out of college, Benji has been producing art in his free time. Some people really like it. He's sold a few paintings and sculptures, though not for much. His time's largely dominated by practicing with his music, playing violin, and messing with music editing software for fun. Benji has auditioned for several different orchestra groups, but hasn't heard much back yet. His income is currently derived from being a fresh-out-of-college graphic designer, doing odd jobs for various companies.



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