Individual

Character's full name: Jason Fisher, Jr.
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Jay
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Date of Birth: 09/16/1990
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Georgia
Nationality: American
Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Irish, Dutch, Scottish

Appearance

Hair color and style: Blonde, usually kept short
Skin Tone: Slightly tan
Eye Color: Blue
Height: About 6 feet
Build: Lean, toned, athletic
Visible mutation: None
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Has a wolf tattoo on his arm
Other features: N/A

Everyday clothing style: Tee shirt and jeans
Uniform: N/A
Sleepwear: Boxers/NA
Miscellaneous clothing: He often wears earplugs to muffle some of the unwanted sounds, and otherwise always keeps some in his pocket.

Character

Personality: Jay is a bold yet thoughtful individual. While not shy by any means, he'll carefully consider any situation before acting. He loves a good joke, especially a prank at someone else's expense. He's very crafty, though he prefers to let people think they're the ones in control of the situation. As such, he’s a very patient man and not prone to rushing into things.

He’s a very fun-loving individual, though he’s very slow to let someone in’ and even then, he only lets people in so far because that’s how people get hurt. And if there’s one thing people are good at, it’s hurting other people. So, he treats like a poker game: keep a straight face and a cool head, and by no means should you show all of your cards. Sometimes he feels more at peace when he’s in dog form, and uses this to escape often.

Deep down, Jay loves the simple things: music, running, the gentle night breeze. He doesn’t trust people as a general rule, but the one thing that will turn him from a wary free spirit to a knight in shining armor is if he sees someone being abused or taken advantage of. He doesn’t talk much about it, but he gets really protective, especially if it’s a woman or a child.

He loves the rush of adrenaline, and sometimes likes to cause trouble in general, whether it be picking pockets or chasing people as a dog, whatever he can do to get to them. But in the end, Jay Fisher looks out for Jay Fisher, because he learned a long time ago that no one else will.

Hobbies/ Interests: Music, running, videogames
Job or part time job and description: Juggles odd jobs with pick pocketing.
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Heights, tight spaces. He fears dying alone and forgotten.
Special talents: He's into running, and plays bass guitar

Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Neutral. Everything he does has some sort of ulterior motive behind it. In the end, he looks out for himself first.

Mutations

Mutation description: Canine Shifter: Jay can shapeshift into any member of the canine family.
Enhanced Senses: In his natural form, his senses of smell and hearing are closer to that of a dog's.
Strengths: Shifting allows him to be able to go places within reason without drawing much attention. And sometimes being a dog is more useful. His senses allow him to pick up on things normal humans would miss.

Weaknesses and Limitations: Jay can only shift into a canine that is an appropriate size for its breed. To shift into a canine form, he has to have seen it in person. While shifting is instantaneous, he cannot shift from one canine form to another, and repeated shifting takes a lot of energy. Every form retains his blue eyes, and clothes do not shift.

Any injury Jay sustains transfers to his other forms. Although he can remain in canine form indefinitely, any energy he used will still be expended. (Example, if he shifted into a dog and ran three miles full speed, then shifted back, his human would feel like he just ran three miles.)


Sensitive hearing and smell bring all the drawbacks one would think: loud noises and strong stenches can be really disorienting. Being able to pick up a whisper across a room is great, but it isn’t so great when a jet flies overhead.

Power Growth 10/12/18
More Sensitive Senses: Jay's sense of smell has heightened, allowing him to pinpoint the specific scent of blood and smells he’s familiar with, such as certain people he’s spent a lot of time around. His vision in the dark is considerably better, making him able to identify objects, though not see in great detail in pitch dark.

Canine Instinct: He knows which way North is, and always knows his way home. Also develops a taste for undercooked meat.

Black Dog Shift: Jay now has the ability to shift into what appears to be a black mastiff with piercing yellow eyes. This shift is tied to dark, negative emotions, which trigger a sudden shift that instead of cutely popping out of clothing like Jay’s other shifts, tears them to shreds.

Strengths: Enhanced Senses give him the ability to be more aware of his surroundings.

Instincts keep him from getting lost and may help in certain tracking situations.

Black Dog Is more durable, faster, and stronger than the average canine and would make a useful combat shift.

Weaknesses: While enhanced senses is good, certain bad smells could have an adverse effect. Knowing which way is north and how to get home is good, but only if that’s where you’re trying to go. (So looking for somewhere he’s never been is beyond the reach of this ability)

The Black Dog shift has an aversion to bright lights, and Jay has little control over this form’s feral instincts. Increased durability does not mean invincible, especially if one were to go for the eyes.

Physical Abilities

General Physical Capabilities: Due to his past with running track, he’s quite athletic, and his stamina is nothing to sneeze at, but his strength is average at best.
Fighting Style: No formal training, but his strategy is to create distance and use the environment to his advantage.
Fighting Style Pros/Cons: Pros: He's unpredictable, and could shift into canine form for advantage or a quick escape.
Cons: He's untrained, and not too hard to overpower.

History Of Your Character
Jay grew up the only child of Jason and Maria Fisher. His childhood was pretty uneventful, aside from growing up with an abusive father. By the time he was ten, he was a pretty closed off individual, and didn’t have a lot to say to anyone. He never really had any friends, but if everyone was like his father, then maybe that was for the best. He turned to bullying, and loved to pick on his younger cousin; he found this sort of numbed his own pain.

That, and playing with the neighborhood dogs. Something about running with them just made him feel….free for some reason. One night, when Jay was thirteen, his father was in one of his usual rages. Jay blacked out, and he woke up naked on the kitchen floor, with blood all over him and the floor, and he could hear his father on the phone yelling something about his “freakish son who turned into a dog and attacked him.”

After that, his mother divorced his father, and he found himself moving from state to state with her, but she couldn’t hold a job, so they were struggling financially, and they were constantly being evicted and bouncing from place to place. Everywhere he went, he joined the track team, finding a love of running, and when he wasn’t running for the team, he was running in his various dog forms. He’d even went to the zoo, and not long after discovered he could turn into a wolf, but that was one he couldn’t use all of the time.

Shortly after he (barely) graduated high school in New York, his Mom fell ill, and wasn’t expected to make it. One day, while visiting her in the hospital, he’d told her his secret, to which she smiled and said she knew, before dying. The one person he cared about gone, he found himself hurt and on his own, juggling odd jobs and learning to play bass, but unable to stay in a band for very long.

It wasn’t long after that he figured the trick to stealing, often using his canine form to distract people and take what belongings he could get. Now 27, not much has changed; he’s just trying to survive and etch his living any way he can.

Roleplay
What’s your OOC alias?: Fishy
Where did you learn about this site?: Google, many years ago.
Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: I'm the RPer formerly known as Ty, Paige, and Manfish.
Sample RP:
Jay let out a sigh as he looked out of his apartment window, turning the knob on his amp before putting his earplugs in. He looked at the black bass in his hands, letting his fingers dance aggressively over the strings as he let out everything he was feeling that day, on top of the pent-up anger he had every day. After several minutes, he got tired of feeling the floor under his feet vibrate from his neighbor under him hitting it with a broom handle or something, and he was pretty sure someone else was banging on his door. So…he shut everything off, grabbed an old backpack he kept some clothes in, and eased out of the window and down the fire escape.

Carefully hiding the bag behind a dumpster, he shifted into his favorite golden retriever form, and took off running, his long fur rippling in the wind. Every now and then, the sounds of the city would be joined by a howl, which would set other dogs in the city barking. If dogs could smile, this one would have been. Instead, his tongue lolled out of his mouth. This...was freedom. From responsibility, from pain, from...everything.

Welcome back, Fishy! Can't wait to see the pupper around!

Woooo! Puppy shifter! Welcome back Fish!

Welcome back!!! Glad to see your character approved and ready to go!

Woohoo, a fishdog! Welcome back, Fishy!

Congrats on your grand return

Welcome back, Fish!

A CANINE SHIFTER? HE HAS TO MEET DEREK!

Also, welcome back to the side! Can't wait to roleplay with you!

Welcome back, Fishy! I love the shifter!

I love the pick pocketing puppy!  

AV Jay "Jason"

Individual



Character's full name: Jason Fisher, Jr.

Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: “Watchdog”

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Date of Birth: 09/16/1990

Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Georgia

Nationality: American

Ethnicity/ Cultural Heritage: Irish, Dutch, Scottish



Appearance



Hair color and style: Blonde, usually kept short and neat

Skin Tone: Slightly tan

Eye Color: Blue

Height: About 6 feet

Build: Lean, toned, athletic

Visible mutation: None

Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Left shoulder has a howling wolf, there’s something akin to a yin-yang with two fish on his chest,

Other features: Wears glasses



Everyday clothing style: Tee shirt and jeans, usually topped with an overcoat or jacket of some kind.

Uniform: N/A

Sleepwear: Boxers/NA

Miscellaneous clothing: He often wears earplugs to muffle some of the unwanted sounds, and otherwise always keeps some in his pocket.



Character



Personality: Jason is very thoughtful and strategic in general, though on the surface, he’s usually quiet. When he does talk, it’s either to the point and blunt, or sarcastic and cynical. The world has taken its toll on him, and it tends to show on his face, or in the number of beers he’s had. Though he tries to hide it, he tends to stay in a very dark place, emotionally.



Deep down, he tries to see the best in the world, despite the hand he’s been given. He doesn’t wish harm on anyone, though he tends to feel a great disdain towards humans, which he usually shows with a sarcastic comment not unlike his usual ones, though he may actually mean them. One would be hard pressed to get him to tell much about himself, because he’s not used to any kind of relationship lately.



What keeps Jay going is the feeling that he’s doing good in the world by helping people—especially mutants, find their place, especially in the current society that hates them. He already feels sort of an attachment towards his fellow mutant, and feels a strong need to help those who need it.



Hobbies/ Interests: Music, reading, quiet time, the occasional company

Job or part time job and description: Private Investigator; takes most jobs, but prefers jobs involving mutants, as he strives to help them integrate peacefully and secretly into society.

Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Heights, tight spaces. He fears dying alone and forgotten.

Special talents: He’s very observant, and is good at retaining information he reads.



Morality



Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Neutral Good—Jay strives to do what he feels is right, if only because it’s right.



Mutations



Mutation description: Unchanged, except he can shift clothing



Physical Abilities



General Physical Capabilities: Jay is…average…at best. He’s only as athletic as he needs to be, and would much rather sneak than get into a confrontation.

Fighting Style: No formal training, he’d rather talk his way out of a fight, or run if he can help it.

Fighting Style Pros/Cons: Pros: He’s good at getting out of a fight.

Cons: He can’t fight.



History Of Your Character

Jason grew up the only child of Jason and Maria Fisher. His childhood was pretty uneventful, aside from growing up with an abusive father. By the time he was ten, he was a pretty closed off individual, and didn’t have a lot to say to anyone. He never really had any friends, but if everyone was like his father, then maybe that was for the best. He turned to bullying, and loved to pick on his younger cousin; he found this sort of numbed his own pain.



That, and playing with the neighborhood dogs. Something about running with them just made him feel….free for some reason. One night, when Jason was thirteen, his father was in one of his usual rages. Jay blacked out, and he woke up naked on the kitchen floor, with blood all over him and the floor, and he could hear his father on the phone yelling something about his “freakish son who turned into a dog and attacked him.”



After that, nothing really changed; he was just considered a freak and was abused even more for it. Realizing his younger cousin was abused, and a mutant as well, they grew closer as Jay got more protective of him. When Jay graduated, he moved to Atlanta, taking his younger cousin with him. After a few years, he managed to get on the police force, living what he thought was his dream, while keeping his power hidden and only using it when absolutely necessary.



He learned really quickly how deeply the hatred and disdain for mutants went. This prompted him to keep his lips sealed even tighter about his secret. As he continued serving the police department, Ty found the more…troublesome side of things, often stealing and getting into trouble, despite Jason’s urgings to turn his life around. One fateful day, three years ago, Ty was shot and killed by the police during a confrontation, and Jason was outed as his cousin and a possible mutant.



After this, Jason quit the force, picking up odd jobs and hitting the bottle pretty hard before moving to New York to start anew. He got an office/apartment, and became a private investigator, using his knowledge of the law to aid in his newfound calling: to help mutants, whether they need to find a loved one or fellow mutant, or to find them somewhere safe to live. This calling is what keeps Jason going; the feeling that maybe he’s doing some good in the world. He wants to do for others what he couldn’t do for himself.



No one else seems to be looking out for mutants, so he’s designated himself their ‘watchdog.’

Edited for growth!