Kevin Duncan - [Kraken]

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Kevin Duncan - [Kraken]

Postby Goldbolt » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:15 pm

Player Nickname: Sho

Name: Kevin Silas Duncan
Codename: Kraken
Age: 25
Date of Birth: December 12

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 115lbs
Hair Color: None
Eye Color: Black
Place of Origin: Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality/Race: NA
Classification: Mutant

Status: Staff/Refugee
Occupation: Security

Personality Profile: Optimistic, though a little defensive over his appearance. Kevin tends to be easy to get along with and tries to lighten up a situation with a friendly joke.

Physical Description: Kevin looks a bit stretched out, with limbs seeming to be slightly more elongated than they should for his body. That's it for the normalcy. On to the more physical aspects of Kev's mutation. His skin is an ever changing series of bright colors and patterns. Kevin's flesh feels slippery and squishy to the touch, slightly clammy and far from slimy. His eyes are a deep bluish black and bulbous, head slightly larger than his proportions would make one think. He lacks nails and hair. The bottom of his feet and his palms are lined with minuscule suckers. His hands and feet are webbed and he has fins trailing from his elbows and the backs of his legs. The largest physical mutation would be a series of tentacles emerging from his back.

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Powerset: Cephalopodal based feral.

Ability One : Cephalopodal Physiology: Kevin’s body has been drastically altered to something near equally human and something akin to a squid or octopus. His overall shape remains humanoid, but with the addition of tentacles emerging from his back. Each tentacle is lined with two rows of suckers, they can stick to most surfaces and are painful and jagged if wrapped tightly enough. Forcing them off an object either results in a nasty gash in the object or an embedded sucker. The bottoms of his feet and palms of his hands possess these suckers too, though they are retractable. Kevin is capable of living both on land and underwater, but needs to at least submerge himself when he sleeps to maintain his health and well being. While not on the scale of more upper level super strengths, on a good day and fresh from the water he is a lot more powerful than the average human, especially so in his tentacles, which can each effortlessly lift one hundred pounds. This strength gradually lessens as more time drifts between the last time he was submerged. Following some time time spent de-aged, Kevin's squidlike body underwent further evolutions as his body was forced to mature again. He no longer possesses a normal human skeleton, but some tough yet flexible plates. These plates grant his body the support necessary to remain active while on land, but also enable him to compress his entire form though a two inch hole and fill a space smaller than that of a standard carry-on luggage bag.

Ability Two : Ink Generation: Exactly what it sounds like, Kevin can generate and shoot an inky fluid usual from his wrists, but he is capable of producing it where one might also produce sweat. The ink is black and almost oily feeling. It serves little purpose other than making a distraction or temporarily blinding a target. He can shoot this a maximum distance of 20ft. The force of the ink expulsion is similar to that of water guns. It can be a weak little spray, or a more concentrated beam with a slight sting to it. the ink's consistency can also be controlled, being anywhere between very watery and slightly viscous.

Ability Three : Chromakinesis: Kevin's skin possesses chromatophores and photophores. Using these specialized cells, Kevin can control his pigmentation, changing his coloration to near any shade and pattern. He can even show bio-luminescence and give off the illusion of motion running across his skin, most often in the form of the passing cloud effect. Though he is capable of more complex changes. When a little more effort is used with this power, combined with his cephalopodal physiology Kevin is capable of extremely limited shape shifting. This extra squishiness has also aided Kevin in his ability to subtly morph his features back into a believable semblance of humanity including, flattening his tentacles against his back to hide them. He can even imitate clothing by wrapping his tentacles about himself.

Drawbacks & Weaknesses :
  • Kevin has gills and while he may still be able to breathe air, he will get progressively weaker, his thinking will be affected, and he will even start to dry out if he does not submerge himself at normal intervals. Going without water won't kill him, but he'll slip into a coma like state once enough time passes.
  • He needs to drink more water than a normal human.
  • Too much heat and he'll suffocate. Yes, if the water is heated Kevin can drown.
  • Too much cold and Kevin will fall asleep, his vital functions will slow, cold enough and he just might enter torpor.
  • Certain animals (and people) find Kevin to be Delicious. He has had to find cover from a flock of seagulls on more than one occasion and his tentacles often show small nips and tears.

Projected Power Growth & Development They won't.

Background: Despite living in the general Cobalt area his entire life, Kevin and his parents never looked into the school while he was growing up and his powers first manifested. His abilities weren't all that strong or flashy, he could climb walls, spray ink, and turn colors. They were perfectly controllable and subtle. He went through school normally, but a little trouble showed up in his adult years. True, even with his powers being small and generally non threatening once it was known he was a mutant, getting a job was tough on him. He had to go with whatever he could find and often at the worst hours. His latest job was working as a security guard at a museum, the graveyard shift. It was here that Kevin came across an amorphous mutant named Putti. Putti was still ill with Mutie-Flu and while trying to stop her and her accomplice, a teleporter called Fleet from robbing the museum, Kevin was infected. He was soon brought to Cobalt under quarantine where his formerly subtle powers took a massive turn for the physical.

Kevin found his calling in Cobalt. They helped him live through Mutie-Flu and come to accept his new squid-like appearance. He continued being able to work as a security guard and became a well loved member of the Sanctum's community, even stepping in on the Super-Team if his enhanced skills were needed. It was during one of these missions that Kevin was over-exposed to the age controlling powers of the now-deceased Julie Leon. Kevin was left a few years younger than he should be, but the true impact would not be realized for a few years. He was losing weight and his clothes no longer fit, things that could be easily explained by a dietary change or another mutation. But then he noticed he was getting shorter and his voice was changing; effectively un-cracking. Kevin was aging backwards, and with Julie dead no apparent way to fix the problem.

Following the sanctum's hiccup in funding and the lack of appropriately powered mutants, Kevin took a leave of absence from his job and Cobalt to try and search out someone with the powers to put him right, but to no avail. When it started to get harder to care for himself, Kevin returned to Cobalt where with the aid of a mutant met at an auction and the powers of some good friend, Kevin is back to an age more fitting. He has since returned to security duties.

Skills:
  • Kevin is quite the calligrapher, and has beautiful penmanship.
  • Enjoys painting and has an eye for color.
  • Ironically, before his mutation evolved he did not know how to swim, he has since learned how to remarkably well; and has become extremely adept.
  • Same thing goes for knowledge of marine life.
  • Owns and maintains a rather large marine aquarium - kept separate from his own living tank.
  • First Aid.
  • Juggling.


Criminal Record
- Involuntary Manslaughter - Ruled Self-Defense

Quirks, Extras, Random Character Facts:
  • Sleeps in a massive tank.
  • Like a cephalopod, Kevin's blood is blue.
  • Kevin likes to collect small often useless items to decorate his room with, he's not really sure why. But most likely, like an octopus Kevin is arranging a garden.
  • Weighs a lot less than he looks - comes with lacking a conventional skeleton.
  • Squid are very physical creatures, relying more on touch, taste, and smell than sight or hearing. As such, Kevin tends to be very cuddly. Tentacles make great hugging appendages.
  • At times of stress, his chromakinesis tends to act on his own, turning his skin a variety of colors and patterns. Though, more often than not fright has made his camouflage blend him in near perfectly with his surroundings.
  • His chromakinesis is his body alone, Kevin cannot change the color of anything or anyone else. Clothing is not affected and does not change colors or shape with him.
  • He has three hearts and (technically) five brains.
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