Character's full name: Loken Verma
Alias: Rip Tide
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birthday: October 20
Nationality & Ethnicity: American/ (East Indian)
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada
Appearance
Hair color and style: Dark brown, Worn naturally slicked back; Medium Length
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 6'2
Build: lean muscular body
Visible mutation: Appears to be covered in a fine layer of water, as if sweating from a hard work out all the time.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: None
Other features: None
Everyday clothing style: Can be classified as "beach ready" wearing casual layers wearing Ragged jeans, a t-shirt, and ending with a tasteful unbuttoned dress shirt.
Uniform: None
Sleepwear: None
Miscellaneous clothing: Loken can be found holding a bottle of water almost all the time.
Character
Personality:Loken is at peace with who he is, what he is, what he likes to do, and what he isn't. The thought of falling over from dehydration has made Loken aware of just how fleeting life can be and tries to revel in it when and wherever he can. Loken looks out for number one, first, foremost, and always. Only one thing matters him: himself. To each his own, and if others cannot protect their claims, they have no right to them. Loken is not necessarily a bully or thug. He simply refuses to succumb to the whims of others.
Loken almost universally possess a sense of self-efficiency used to surive. He never graduated and became a runaway but that never stopped him from learning amd adapting. Nothing angers Loken as much as a person who doesn't struggle to make things better, or who surrenders to the nameless forces of the universe. However, once someone spends time with Loken, they see he truly is a alright person. He is extremely loyal to the people he cares about and can be outright cruel to those who have incurred his ire. Otherwise, he loves to relax and go with the 'flow'.
Hobbies/ Interests: As a avid practitioner of Tae Kwon Do. Loken loves to watch fights for example: Boxing, MMA, or even Sumo. Loves extreme sports like skateboarding, in-line, BMX, and other things all in the category. When relaxing Loken enjoys rainy days, long walks on the beach, surfing, swimming,and Aquariums.
Job or part time job and description: None
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Dying from dehydration or freezing.
Special talents: Loken spent time helping Oceanographers and different researchers during his time on the many California beaches. Since then he has gained substantial knowledge in the area of Oceanography.
Morality
Good/Bad/neutral: Loken will pull through at all costs. No matter what, He will manage to survive. He is not beyond hurting any man women or child in the way of his goal or who disturbs the flow in his life. More often than not Loken is in short a libertarian and remaning neutral, not afraid to do some dirty work.
Mutations
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Link 6WATER TRANSFORMATION: Loken possesses the ability to transform his body into a water like gel substance, allowing him to take on the form of a humanoid creature composed entirely of Water.
Strengths:- In this form both Loken's endurance and agility are enhanced as he no longer requires food or sleep but only water(H20) to sustain himself.
- 30 gallons of the 'water like gel substance' makes up the main body of Loken’s water form.
- Loken is able to form tangible constructs out of the water based substance that composes his body, contort his body to ensnare his enemies (Example: Mr fantastic), Shoot jets of stored pressurized water from within himself at his opponents, and transform all or certain parts of his anatomy into the water based gel.
- When in his altered state Loken has limited HYDROKINEIS.
Meaning, he is able to manipulate any body of water, within his range, that he is in physical contact with. He can push and send small waves, increase the power and length of his jets by absorbing water into himself, and use the water to help delay the dehydration process on himself by using it as a source of replenishment.
- When in contact with a body of water, Loken can absorb a maximum of 60 gallons at a time into himself. If he exits the body of water he keeps the stored 60 gallons. Used to make his body stretch longer and Shoot his jets farther. His normally 20 foot jets could grow to 30 feet in length and also pack the water more densely into himself making his gel more solid.
- When in a body of water Loken affects a range of 20 feet around himself. Meaning, if Loken was in the ocean he could 'feel' the water around him 20 feet around and deep (meaning he doesn't become the entire ocean if he was in it). Its also the range in which he can make and send small waves.
Weaknesses: - Loken's transformed body is not actually water, having the texture of a light syrup. Due to his body's composition, he cannot retain a humanoid or any other form if there is not sufficient moisture in his immediate surroundings. Without the serious amount of concentration needed to retain his form Loken would appear as a large sliding puddle of slime on the ground.
- In more server high stress cases like in battle when his concentration is lost or he is fatigued, results in a watery explosion (when holding a humanoid form he is compressing collected water in the 'water like gel' that makes up the main of his form. 'Pop goes the water balloon'). It’s not a deadly explosion though it does make a loud popping sound like a shotgun.
- It takes about 5-10 minutes to pull himself back together depending on the situation when this happens he is no longer conscious as he goes into a immediate survival mode to put himself together. He can tell when he is missing a drop since he is really missing a piece of himself.
- A drop is nothing but say if he is missing a gallon of the main gel, Unless fully together he won't tun back to human form. His body naturally regenerates small amounts of the gel but, it takes almost a day and a half without added water or concentration for a gallon. It takes 12 hours to make when in water with complete concentration.
- Lokens gel like body works as a storage for water using the stores for replenishment and delay dehydration. When he attacks Loken expels the needed water from his body/form which results in a sudden felling of weakness.
- If there is too much heat he could pass out, become severely weakened, or may even die. Electricity causes his body to lose form, Electricity is a fail-safe turning him back to human form while he wouldn't be burn he will be unconscious, Steaming hot, and need water immediately! Extreme Cold is a fear of his while it is not deadly it paralyzes him in a form of suspended animation, completely conscious yet can't move.
- At the moment unless 70 percent (normally seen as from the shoulders down turned to water) of his body is transformed, Riptide has no control of any connected body of water (meaning not feeling 20 feet around and under or making waves) besides being able to absorb it.
- Essentially when Loken stretches, his body thins out. For example: If he grows taller he becomes more slender and his arms grow shorter. If he is using his arms as a whip or throwing a extended punch he grows shorter the further his arm goes. Their is a zenith loken reaches to where if he becoming taller or throws a long enough punch, Loken turns into a singular rope of water as if he becomes a thick tentacle/snake.
(Simply put, Loken is throwing his body around for most of his attacks and even his jets of projected water are still connected to him is some way.)
- The Normal Max limit his body can stretch is 20 feet with a girth of 3 inches. with the added 60 gallon stores he could stretch up to 30 feet with a girth of 1 foot (appearing like a large water Anaconda). With added water his concentration is split with retaining his form and any matter currently at hand.
Secondary mutation description: DEHYDRATING TOUCH: Riptide's skin is constantly absorbing moisture from his environment and anything he is in physical contact with.
Strengths: - Riptide's skin, involuntarily, is constantly absorbing moisture from his environment. water vapor condenses on his skin giving Loken a look like he is always covered in a fine layer of water.
- Due to absorbing moisture from the air he is able to cool down faster than normal people.
- His body only absorbs water and won't absorb anything else. Even in a mixture of different liquids only water will be removed.
- So far when touching another person only moisture on the top of the skin is absorbed. For instance if a friend just went swimming he could dry them off in less then a minute and also absorbs sweat. On another note it dries his clothes after getting wet, a true human drying machine.
Weakness:- A major down side that came with Lokens's Mutation is his body is locked in a near permanent state of dehydration. The effects become more and more severe depending on how often and how long he uses his altered water form or goes with out drinking water.
- Due to this fact, it in itself is a weakness, Loken is on the verge of dehydration. always In need of a drink when not in his water form, Loken will show the common symptoms of dehydration from time to time.
- Loken is proud of what he can do and what he has become but at times he goes through some psychological problems. Almost as if going into withdraw to avoid the feeling of thirst Loken would rather be in his altered form which adds to his dehydration problem. A constant battle of weather his human side is 'himself' or weather his altered form is his 'true self'.
- It is not an offensive power only used to help Loken survive
- When severally in need of water Loken's skin begins to dry and crack to the point of becoming ashen and falling off. (Example: dorian gray 2009 movie poster)
Fighting Style
Explanation: From a childhood of training Loken is a Tae Kwon Do user and it is clearly shown by the accuracy of his technique when he is fighting .
Pros for fighting style: Loken's leg strength, speed, and endurance are incredible.
Cons for fighting style: Not too good with his hands. When all else fails he can run.
Faction Allegiance
The X-men/ The Order/ The Kabal/ Other/ Unaffiliated: Unaffiliated
History Of Your Character:Loken Verma was born to intelligent, successful and wealthy parents’ on October 20, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was named after his great grandfather who was known for his great paintings. At a young age, Loken showed a high amount of talent for being flexible. After a couple of weeks Loken's Parents put him in Tae Kwon Do to ease his need for climbing, flipping, and jumping around the house.
Within a couple of years- and having gone through a couple of private tutors and coaches- from Korea, Loken had become a coach’s dream a true prodigy. By the time he was 12 he had then become a potential candidate for future Olympic Games after fighting in many tournaments. For months to come Loken trained and perfected his body in hopes that he would pass the trial and make it onto the U.S. Jr team. He knew hundreds, if not; thousands of kids his age would be fighting for the right to represent. That from these people only twenty would be chosen to represent their country.
This was Loken's dream now, to be the one that brings America to future victory and becoming famous; he was not going to let anyone get in his way! As the year was coming to an end and the trials on its way, Loken was pumped and ready to participate, unbeknown to him that when the time came to qualify for the regional that his life would soon be spiraling out of control following the events of his parents' death, and the activation of his mutation...
Now 14 Loken's mutation had slowly started to appear over the span of a two month. Bed wetting, continuous sweating, crying, and extreme thirst as well as a loss of skin tone. Then it all stopped a month later. During a car ride to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs where the junior World Taekwondo Championship Team trials where to take place, tears began to stream down Loken's face for no reason. His body hadn't stopped changing but only preparing itself as the inside of his body was slowly pressurizing with water.
Loken's entire body began to turn to water. At the time he had no clue how to control himself so he started to panic then without notice he exploded in the car. It caused Loken's father to flip the car into the opposite lane of traffic. When an oncoming car hit Loken's now turned over family car his parent’s lives were lost. Loken had slowly dripped from the car and turned back into his human form, unconscious, twenty feet from the accident.
Since then Loken dropped out of competitions, moving around different foster homes in Nevada. At the age of 15 Loken became a runaway after an incident where he moved to a poor foster care center in the middle of a desert town. He wondered why a rundown place like it was even allowed to look after kids.
The unbearable heat and lack of water was killing him as each night he had no chose but to sleep in a bath tub. The time living alone caused Loken experiment with his powers using them to survive. With no one to turn to he managed to make his way to California where he lived on venice beach for a majority of time. As time passed he roamed from beach to beach surfing and living as good a life he could keeping to himself. Before Loken knew it his eighteenth birthday had passed. It was a spur of the moment thing as he decided to go to New York after reading a news paper article on mutants there. On his journey to the east coast Loken faced intense harassment when people found out he was a mutant and picked up a
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Sample RP:
Loken's pace was equal to his lack of sleep, sluggish, as he walked down a rundown alley. The rain was comforting as he wore his hood down letting the soft droplets run down his face, each drop absorbed by his skin quenching Loken's constant thirst. walking past a tent that a collective of homeless put together out of garbage bags and boxes, Loken's hand searched his pocket for his car keys. It was an eventful night as he managed to obtain a good roll of cash from a McDonalds and gas station.
A weary smile graced Loken's lips as he thought about why he took the money in the first place. The money was for gas that he is going to use to fill up later at the same very station. At the end of the alley was a small extension giving it a backward 'L' layout into a dead end. When the tail end of his worn black 1996 chevy impala ss came in to view.
"Home sweet home" Loken said as he opened the driver's side door and took a seat. A long drawn out sigh ended as he removed a roll of cash nearing one grand and placed it in the glove compartment. The car served as both his mean of transportation and home for nearly two years now.
Locking the doors Loken started to relax for a well deserved rest. It wasn't as sudden as he had hoped for, lingering on the edge of a dream only to feel the nag of thirst. To pass his time Loken removed his jacket as he rolled down his window sticking his arm out to soak. It wasn't long before the soothing water had put him to sleep with his arm out of the window.
For the better part of a minute a homeless man stood watching through the back window of Loken's car. The man went running back to the other homeless with a smile on his face.
"Guys you have to come see this! An idiot is in his car asleep in our alley. windows down!" Other homeless jumped up at the word while others just dismissed the claim. "Shut up, you drunk again?... I’m try'n ta sleep myself" The first man to see Loken asleep just laughed "Alright then no money for you if we find any" After a small laugh they all went to find Loken.
They all caught sight of Loken's arm out of the window and snuck up slowly. CLICK-CLICK. The sound of the car locks opening slowly woke Loken up, his heart racing as he looked to see a small man grabbing his arm who, with extremely bad breath screamed in Loken's face. "Don't move!!!..." Opening the passenger side door was the apparent leader of the group as the man holding Loken's arm started to scream from fright.
"What the...??" Loken said to himself as his arms both turned to water tentacles grabb the homeless man’s hand who was trying to open his glove compartment as well as turn the tide as he wouldn't let the other bad breathed man go. "LET ME GO!!" Both men started to yell as they soon began to panic.
Loken couldn't believe his eyes, these pathetic beggars trying to rob him! It was something he couldn't let stand as he threw both homeless men away from his car right into the sides of the alley walls. Exiting his car the group of homeless all held some type of garbage which they all started to throw when their friends went flying.
BAANGG!! Loken's eyes widened as a brick cracked his back window. "GET OUTTA HERE" "YEAH! your ain't wanted here Mutie!!" "Nothing but trouble, all of um!!"
There were no words left to be said as Loken now wanted to teach these beggars a lesson. His body slowly started to turn into water, Loken's gel overlapped his clothes making them sink into himself. The group of homeless all collectively froze in fright at what just happened.
"You all sicken me and I mean that truly" Lokens voice was distorted with an aquatic hum before and after each of his words. In one swift move Loken lunched himself at each homeless man soon turning into a thick rope and holding all of their heads in his body. When the last man lost consciousness from lack of air Loken released them letting their bodies fall to the ground.
Loken's watery form began to slim down and push the clothes to the outer part of his body then changing back to normal, he filled out his clothes perfectly. Waiting a moment Loken's body seemed to suck the majority of water like gel from his clothes. Entering his car Loken started it then began to back out of the alley
"Nothing but trouble, all of them." Loken mockingly said before riding off his attention on his rearview mirror examining his new broken back car window.
"Gha... I really need a drink".
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