Post by Issac Haxton on Jan 15, 2015 16:51:39 GMT -5
Basics
Name: Issac Clayton Haxton
Nicknames: Zac, Ike, Harold, Jolly Green Giant
Age: 18
Birthday: February 1st, 1997
Grade: Graduated, Teacher's Aide
Powers: Light Solidification - Major
Issac's cornerstone ability lies in the ability to make solid light. What this means in a more detailed expression is that he is able to bend, condense, manipulate, and mold the photons in the air around him so that they form a cohesive structure. This gives him the ability to form this solid light into objects, shapes, weapons, a very small selection of drones, even copies of himself. Due to the nature of light, these objects can be shifted so that certain spectrums are formed, though this only allows small variations in color when making objects, allowing him to essentially change the look of the object, such as turning a coating of light around his hand into semi-realistic gauntlets, though they always have a bright coloring to them, such as bright red, gold, silver, and such.
The nature of this form of manipulation is that, unlike full Light Manipulation, he cannot perform any illusionary abilities or even "generate" light by increasing the photon count of the air around him, but unlike just normal Photokinetic Constructs, he is able to change the consistency of the light. This allows him to form the light into a jello-like consistency, give the texture and compacting nature of pillows, or harden to the level of refined steel. Not only that, but the effort needed to shift any working light is insignificant compared to the level Photokinetic Construct users need due to his specialization in the power. The number of shapes he can form is also only limited to his imagination, with a great deal of his standard items pulled from video games. These items include, but are not limited to, blades of varying size, shields, barriers, platforms, walls, stairs, elevators, bows and arrows, armor, even small shelters if given the time.
As he has trained extensively with this power, his limitations to it are not overly severe, but they still hamper him. For one, he has to physically move his body in some fashion to begin the process of condensing the photons. He doesn't necessarily have to wave his hands about in a certain pattern to make a box, but he does need to shift his arm a ways or snap his fingers, some small physical indicator that triggers the solidification. Also, without the presence of light, he is unable to maintain the strength of his constructs, though he may be able to form them weakly in dim conditions. Lastly, the formation of these constructs are tied to his physical stamina being projected into a field by his willpower alone. Any effects that either strain his ability to focus, cause a break in his willpower, or saps his stamina will weaken his ability to create and maintain the constructs. As for durations, most constructs can be made stable and semi-lasting without concentration, but they must be anchored to the ground or some object, such as how his gauntlets and boots are formed, and the form and consistency of the construct cannot be changed without concentrating on that particular construct again.
As a last indicator, this power does have the ability to form a blade of pure photons that are placed in a containment field, allowing the photons to vibrate at such levels that they can cut through solid matter. While Issac will be able to do this, he cannot form the fields often without draining himself quickly, and the blades or fields can cut through, at best, wood. Anything tougher will only be scorched, possibly very slightly melted.
Directed Acceleration - Major
Issac's other key power, tied into an interesting theme, is the ability to accelerate his body to a very-high velocity, so much so that his image seems to blur and fluctuate, possibly disappear. With this power, Issac is able to essentially catapult his body in a specific direction, which equates to a "dash" in some senses. While he seems to be able to curve easily, what actually happens is that he makes several small "dashes", the angling of which can give the appearance of superspeed. What is actually happening, in a more defined explanation, is that Issac is able to augment the level of acceleration applied to his body, causing him to increase in velocity at a high rate in a single direction. However, he can only accelerate in that one direction at any one time and the power, as a built-in failsafe, decelerates his body back to normal levels for the amount of force applied after 10 meters, and requires some form of propulsion to exist already, be it pushing off the ground or kicking off of someone. In combination with any wings formed by his Light Solidification, Issac can manipulate them to give enough initial acceleration to cause him to have a minor, pseudo-flight, though his maneuverability and speed are somewhat reduced using this method. Lastly, he is able to change the factor of acceleration on attacks in combat, giving him the ability to make high-speed punches that cause a greater impact than normal punches for someone of his strength, though without the proper protection and padding, the can cause serious damage to his body.
As with Light Solidification, however, this power pulls on his reservoir of stamina, meaning that constant use of his powers will make the dashes slower and less distant over time. Not only that, but he cannot actually "dash" in a curved manner. His acceleration factor only changes one directional component of his acceleration at a time. Finally, again, if he has no way of giving himself the propulsion needed to change his acceleration, due to being bound, anchored, or immobilized in some fashion, he is unable to actually utilize the power.
Enhanced Combat Prowess - Minor
In a very rough, straightforward manner, Issac is naturally adept at combat compared to most people of his level of training. While this means he does not necessarily have the same skill as someone trained from birth to fight, he does posses natural talent well beyond his years of training and continued practice.
Member Group: Neutral, may shift later.
Canon or not: I can damn sure try, but right now, no.
Appearance: Issac is not a small guy in any manner of the word. His frame towers at 6 foot 4 inches, with a considerable amount of bulk at a body weight of 210 lbs. His hair comes out as a highly tangled mess of dark brown hair that, if kept grown out, seems to expand outwards to try and envelop all manner of life. He currently has the hair cut back to keep things simple, but there are still some trace elements of curls in his mop of hair. His eyes are a crisp, pure blue that are almost oceanic in tone that always seem halfway closed or squinting, though he never really does that. His arms come out quite a bit, but are no means wiry, though the bulk of his size does seem to come from a set of powerful legs, rather long as well.
When it comes to clothing, there's not really a set style Issac prefers. He'll wear just about anything, so long as it's comfy to him. This has included shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, jackets, heavy pants, sweatshirts, sweatpants, even the standard school uniform. All depends on his mood at the time and whether he feels he can put up with the trouble of not wearing the school outfit if he so chooses. In a standard sense, his most common set includes a pair of khaki cargos, a relaxed, somewhat large t-shirt, and sandals. Jewelry and other accessories are not a thing for him, though, so good luck finding anything like a ring, necklace, or anything of the sort.
Personality
Overall Personality: In a nutshell, Issac is quiet but dependable. In the slightly longer, but still quick version of the story, Issac is a bit of a introvert, keeping to himself about most things except around friends, and is even somewhat quiet around them, but is always there to lend a hand if he can. In the unabridged version of him... well, he's complicated. Issac never really had many friends when he grew up, so he tended to get attached to them heavily. As a friend, Issac is always trying to keep things happy. He always likes telling jokes or chatting about things his friends like, but more often than not, he tends to go quiet and simply listen to how things are going if he feels he doesn't have anything to offer to the conversation.
To those he's less familar around, Issac will lean towards being quiet over telling jokes or being vocal. To him, he isn't sure what could be acceptable or not to them, nor is he willing to take a chance insulting the person if he is actually trying to be friends. He's analytical with his behavior, tending to act in a certain manner that he feels the other person or persons are most comfortable with. Regardless of whether he's actually friends with someone or just acquaintances, he tends to be very flexible with what he does, eats, or listens to, etc. He prefers to have others choose, since that lets the person be more comfortable.
Summed up, Issac is a semi-quiet, dependable, flexible guy who woould rather see others happier than himself. His social skills aren't impressive, having been relatively isolated socially, but what friends he has or tries to have are due to his nature and tendencies above, and he keeps as firm a composure on his expression. Underneath, he's actually quite nervous, due to his inexperience socially and his tendency to be critical of himself. This becomes greater around girls, and he tends to become extremely quiet, even somewhat shy. Deep down, his self-judgmental attitude tends to make him avoid risky actions, even if that means not participating socially with people. His time as a former agent only served to reinforce this behavior, mostly as he sees himself as a damaged individual who has dealt with atrocities few others have and, because of that, he is weary of letting someone close in fear of subjecting them to any future harm due to his past.
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History
Family Members/guardians:
Patricia Jerome Haxton: Mother (Status unknown)
Isaac Clayton Haxton: Father (Status unknown)
History: Issac's life started out real simply. His mother and father both met on the roads of the southeastern US, considering they both drove freight-liners. They both came to love each other and had a very small, casual wedding, so casual that the reception was held at a KFC down the road. The parents stuck to the roads for a while before ending up staying and working for a carnival group. Several moths later, right before an incident between the carnivalists and his family, Issac was born into what was supposed to be a happy, normal life.
Even after the family had to move to Savannah, Ga to live with Issac's uncle, he and his family were mostly happy and peaceful. Sure, there were occasional fights between the parents, but nothing that was ever permanently damaging. After a couple years, the family finally moved into their own home, but at the cost of Issac's father having to return to freight-liner running to provide for the family. His father always came back every couple months, though, and was always there for important moments in Issac's life, which was all that mattered to the young boy.
At an early age, Issac was already beginning to show his keen intellect and fascination with electronics and such. At a family reunion when Issac was almost 3 years old, during which some distant relatives were trying to show a video but couldn't get the player, Issac had, while no one was looking, gone over to the player and fixed it to play the movie. As he continued, his preferred toys ended up being mostly ones with buttons and screens on them. Sure enough, when they family got it's first family computer from neighbors and Issac found out it had a game player for old Nintendo games, Issac spent as much time as he could either playing the games or finding out what made the program work.
Life wasn't quite all bells and whistles for Issac though. As he entered into school, his family found out that the teachers and other staff were doing a negligible job at ensuring the kids were doing their schoolwork. Turns out Issac, who had been initially doing well but ended up with having lower and lower grades, was actually helping other kids with their work, especially the ones who were having trouble getting all their work done. When he was pulled out of public school and placed in a private institution, the teachers witnessed large amounts of harassment and bullying, but decided that Issac should just toughen up and accept it, the assumption being that his size (He was a good half a foot taller than most kids) meant that he was more grown up.
His mother finally got tired of the situation and ended up purchasing a home schooling program to teach Issac herself, and many of the problems he had academically suddenly vanished. His overall grades were fantastic and he was given a lot more free time that he ended up spending with the few neighborhood kids. He only really hung around one kid named Jaimie, though, and that kid became his best friend. They did most everything young boys in their situation would do: Play games, tell jokes, go "adventuring" through the woods nearby, even a rare few moments just hanging out in each other's homes. Even when Issac injured his left arm from a fall when they were playing around, the two spent most of their time together in the meanwhile.
These happy moments wouldn't last forever, though, as when the kids were young, with Issac just passing his 10th birthday, an accident nearly occurred as him and Jaimie were playing outside. A car, for whatever reason, drifted off the road straight towards them. Like the child that he was, Issac rushed to his friend and tried to shield him, and the car did crash right near them, but it was blocked by a wall of light, which shattered on impact but did nothing to harm the kids. No one believed the kids in what happened, save for a couple nearby that witnessed the situation. However, this couple turned out to be a pair of undercover government hunter agents looking for possible gifted children. Not long after that, news reports would abound about an abducted child in the area that would never be found.
It just so happened that the agents reported back and soon thereafter, a small team snatched the boy, taking him to an undisclosed location for training gifted children to become hunter agents themselves. The starting process of this, however, is to break the child's psyche and retrain his mind to be more drone-like, almost mindless. For days, weeks, even months, Issac was subjected to torture, propaganda, and other forms of mind manipulation, all to break him mentally. He resisted them as much as possible, but they did end up changing him in a way they we're expecting and didn't even pick up on. Having had to grow up quickly from the isolation and abuse, not to mention his keen intellect trying to work out the best way to end their torture, Issac decided to play a bit of a spy game of his own and gave them what they wanted to hear and see. He tricked them into thinking they had broken him, and not soon after that, they began to train him in martial arts, tactics, espionage, and a variety of other areas, as well as built up on his training to develop his powers more.
After quite a few years of training, at the age of 15, Issac was finally cleared for duty and was sent out on hunting ops to track down and bring in gifted children, a task that he was regrettably good at. In his last 2 years, however, he was paired up with another gifted agent by the name of Liam. Obviously, they were wary of each other, being what they are as government agents, but over time, the two actually became close friends. Issac kept the horrible parts of the abductions a secret from Liam, considering he did not know what was truly going on, probably being lied to as they would have to Issac in any other circumstance. However, after a while, the news was broken to him, and not shortly after the two planned to "botch" their next op to spirit the kid to safety. In the blur of action, however, something went wrong and the two were split up, with Issac just barely able to make his way away with the kid. Issac doesn't know what happened to Liam since that day, but it had been a couple months since, with the kid getting to a safe place where he could be kept hidden. However, almost on cue, the government task force hunting him down upped their gambits and, soon after, Issac was caught. Figuring they tried long enough to break him and didn't get any results out of it, the agents decided to task him to Ashford, less as an assignment and more as a prison sentence. And so, now, Issac plans once again to break free of the government's grasp and work once more to take up a normal life.
Behind the Character
Name: Issac.... hey, that name sounds familiar...
Chatango Name: Golmurren is about the only other name you can find me by.
RP Experience: About as many years as you can have on one hand... err, that is, one of Bruce Almighty's 7 fingered hands... so, about 6-7 years at this point.
How did you find us?: I could be really witty about how to type this out, but I'm lazy, so I'm just gonna say I found you guys on a piece of paper.
RP Sample: Seriously, if I have to do this by now, I'm going to cry... I thought you knew me better than that?
