IndividualCharacter's full name: Jude Coilin
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Copy Cat
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Date of Birth: 7/25/1999
Nationality/ Ethnicity: French
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Saint-Fargeau, France
AppearanceHair color and style: Messy black hair trimmed short on the sides with just enough length left on top to showcase a little bit of curl.
Eyes: Pale blue
Height: 5'10
Build: Jude has some width in his shoulders and a lot of height, but still hasn't finished filling out.
Visible mutation: Varied. See mutation's section.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: none
Other features: Freckles
Everyday clothing style: Tee shirts, jeans or other long pants and black converse with all the laces ripped out. He enjoys a good snarky slogan shirt.
Uniform: n/a
Sleepwear: grey sweatpants and tee shirt
Miscellaneous clothing: CharacterPersonality: Slightly smug and a tad elitist, Jude enjoys the finer things in life. Whenever possible he will opt for the crème de la crème. Pepsi over coke, dark over milk chocolate, mac over windows. At times, he acts more mature than his age, but he is definitely still a kid at heart.
Hobbies/ Interests: Gaining better control of his mutation, basketball, swimming, getting stronger.
Job or part time job and description: n/a
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Loosing his grip on his power, taking the wrong power or a bad power, loosing his dream memories, the apocalypse, the future.
Special talents: Jude speaks French and English. Jude also has natural good balance. He can walk on his hands across the span of a room.
MoralityGood/ bad/ neutral/ other: Jude is naturally inclined to be helpful. He strives to be good, but sometimes is lazy and not willing to go the extra mile to help someone. If it is convenient or benefits him, he will always give aid.
MutationsMutation description: Mosaic DNAJude's x-gene has a section of blank code. When in range of an active x-gene, his genetic code seeks to copy the activated ability's code, a process that can take some minutes unless it is a power that he has manifested before. Once synchronized with an activated ability, Jude will have an exact copy of that mutation at the same strength of the original user with the same weaknesses as the original user. He will not, however, have any of the experience or control with that mutation unless he learns it himself.
The copy effect lasts until another ability comes in range. At that time, Jude's power will start to fade out (a process that can take anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute) and immediately a new power will begin to manifest. Jude will retain a power at minimum for two minutes before his x-gene will start to seek another power. There is never a period of overlapping power sets, instead if there are a lot of powers for Jude's genetics to pick from, he is more likely to be in a weakened state of power (either transitioning in or out).
Jude has the ability to copy any mutant power within range (approximately thirty feet). He can only manifest one power at a time and cannot actively choose which power his genes copy. Jude retains the copied power until another power comes in range. He can attempt to hold on to his current power, but will have to develop that ability IC.
Strengths: No physical touch required to acquire a power. Power options galore. Can attempt to sustain a single power when around a different power. A power, once copied, will remain with Jude indefinitely until a different power comes within his range.
Weaknesses: Jude cannot copy skills, knowledge or earned traits (ie: big muscles from pumping iron). His power only works on mutations and mutants. He is a power chameleon, not a power sponge. This means that he will only retain his current power and cannot revert to any previous powers. His experience and control of mutations are limited to what he has practiced.
Power Growth [added on March 15, 2017]Power Suppression
Jude can temporarily shut down a mutant’s power. This works differently from an adapted’s power in that it reverts all physical mutations back to a mutant’s inactive power state.
At the same range as his copy power Jude can choose to “steal” another mutant’s power. He will temporarily deactivate the mutant’s power for as long as he is in control of the power in question. Powers that are taken in this way feel like a stretched rubberband to Jude: they naturally want to return to their owner and as such are more difficult to keep hold of.
Unless the mutant is willing, Jude must remain within 8 feet of the mutant or lose his tie to their power. If a mutant is willing, Jude is able to maintain his control more easily and the duration will be agreed upon OOC.
The affected mutant will feel entirely human for the duration of the effect. If a METAbot were to scan them, their X-gene would read as present, but inactive.
Strengths: I have your power and you don’t. If you like that, then maybe it could last a while.
Weaknesses:
Intention matters: 8 foot maximum distance to steal a power against a mutant’s will.
It’s Physical: Only a living, breathing mutant can be affected in this way. It does not affect mutant-made damage. If a mutant has melted a street, Jude could take their power to keep them from melting it more, but he can not revert any damage done.
Stolen reverts to Copied: If Jude takes a power, that means he has the power. If he gets too far away from the uncooperative mutant, he reverts to only having copied the power instead of suppressing the other mutant’s x-gene.
Fighting StyleExplanation: Assess the situation, see if incremental advantage can be gained. If not: run away. Jude is always trying to figure out the details of his borrowed powers and for a Frenchman, there is no shame in running away to live to fight another day.
Pros for fighting style: Analytical fighting is smart fighting.
Cons for fighting style: Analysis takes time. Fights do not always have time.
Faction Allegiancen/a
History Of Your CharacterJude was born in the small town of Saint-Fargeau, France. His roots were romantic, an irish lass followed her lover to France. The reality was that his father was married. Not to his mother. Jude's mom was a constant embarrassment to his father. She made a meager living around town and constantly fawned over his father. The fact that she was with child only made things worse.
His mother died as a result of postpartum depression. The child lived. Without proper parentage, Jude was shipped to an orphanage.
As Jude grew, he started to hate the orphanage. To hate the muck and grime and sharing and poverty. Since he was in the system, there were very few things to get him out. He could work within the system or go entirely outside of it. When his mutation manifested, he knew he was meant for something more.
The underworld was a very dirty place. Dirty minds, dirty dealings and dirty back stabbings. He didn't want that life. Instead, he chose to go into politics. Jude made for an excellent gopher. Knowing what his boss wanted before he even said it was handy. Knowing what the guy across the table in negotiations wanted before he ever said it made Jude invaluable.
Jude was able to work his way up fast, but the less he personally connected with his boss, the less likely they were to keep him around. Eventually, he was traded to England for special training in "controlling" others mutations. It was there that Jude was paired with Maya Swift AKA Ghost. His job was to keep her sane, help keep her together and learn to use her mutation through her in order to save the world by restarting the Gulf Stream.
In June of 2019, with the aid of the Haywire virus, they did just that.
In June 2009, Jude woke up in Saint-Farageau and learned that half of his life was a dream. He was depressed, to say the least. His salvation came on the day that Ghost and her new husband, Sebastian, came to France on their honeymoon. They were real and they had the same dream. Best of all, they came just for him with promises of liberation.
January 1, 2010 Jude was adopted and settled in Manhattan with Sebastian and Maya as Jude Coilin Csendes. Since then he has taken a placement test and remedial English lessons in order to enroll in 9th grade at the Mansion.
July 2011 Jude's power was awoken with true love's kiss. First order of business? Find a way to grow up.
2012 Muse and Jude live together in a caffeine haze.
2013 - Present: Jude has promised Maya that he will remain his own age and live life in the order it was meant to be lived. In order to make good on his promise, he moves back to the Mansion in order to attend school there. As it turns out, growing older takes a long time.
RoleplayWhat’s your OOC alias?: Ghost
Where did you learn about this site?: Google
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Sample RP:"Are you thinking about lunch now?"
"Nope. The same thing I was thinking last time you asked."
Jude's face screwed up in complete and utter concentration. The ten year old focused on the older boy who used his crayon to color an entire piece of paper black. After only a few moments of attempted brain scouring, Jude protested.
"I can't tell what that is!"
"Most people have to ask."
The older boy looked annoyed, but Jude persisted. "You don't get it. I used to be able to—!"
"In the future?" The boy tossed his crayon down. "The future that hasn't even happened yet?" He stood and Jude became aware of how just a few years could add quite a bit of height and weight to a kid. "Yeah right."
Jude got punched in the arm as the kid walked by. "Ow!" Didn't make it hurt any less. It didn't make the other kids think any more of him either. But since he couldn't say it in someone else's head he would say it out loud. Boy, he missed being a telepath!
*bounces* Good to see the kid as a PC. And a future super hero 
