Jackson Mercer
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:33 am
Name: Jackson "Jack" Mercer
Alias: Nitro
Age: 23
Date of Birth: Oct. 14
Hometown: Houston, Tx.
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 204lbs
Hair Color: Brown/Black
Eye Color: Crystal Blue
Nationality/Race: Caucasion
Occupation: Student
Personality Profile: An easy-going guy who can be a bit on the metrosexual side when dressing to go out somewhere. Very particular about certain things and will sometimes fix things without them needing to be fixed which may verge on mild ocd. Inclined to act and deal with consequence later he views life as too short with not enough time to do all the things he'd like to. He's rather philosophical and has a witty sense of humor and is never one to turn down a bit of fun and mischief.
Physical Description: An inconsistant physical regimen has left him with defined yet not "sculpted" features, something akin to what years of swim team in highschool will do to someone.
Character Picture (Optional):
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Mutation/Powers:
Primary : Nitroglycerin Generation/Manipulation - He sucretes the slick nitroglycerin substance from pores within his hands in it's primary form wich makes it a contact explosive[exploding when it's touched by heat, light, sound, physical pressure, even alpha radiation]. He is able to simply place said substance somewhere or turn it into a projectile, thrown within range that a young man of his size and strength would be able to lob an average baseball, having enough manipulation over it to cause it to keep in a balled or stream-line form as long as he can keep a visual on it. The amount he can create at one time would be equivalent to a gallon however if he attempts to top out he'll "run dry" for the next twenty four hours without the ability to replenish until said time. Once it is created for the initial ten minutes after creation it defys the natural laws surrounding it, letting it remain docile until the probationary ten minute period where afterward it then becomes subject to the laws and restrictions of the real world. [i.e. it then will explode if exposed to aforementioned situations] This simply gives him a ten minute window to do what he'd like with it, instead of it simply exploding upon creation. If that were the case.. he wouldn't have hands.
Secondary : Visual Spark - Simply put Jack can create a spark.. much like that of a lighter and equivalent in size by simply visually pinpointing the area he wants the spark to manifest, and ordering it mentally to happen. These sparks only last for five seconds, and sometimes less than that, and it can only be created in a place he can see to.
Tertiary : Yet to Manifest
Drawbacks/Weaknesses : Nitroglycerin can be desensitized by cooling it to a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius, 55 degrees Fahrenheit, thus when the temperature around him reaches this degree he is technically rendered useless, losing the ability of his hands all together and sometimes become immobile until he thaws and once he thaws his production and reserve of the chemical for that whole day becomes useless and he must simply burn it off, the only way to do this safely however it through his body, which acts as a neutralizer through strenuous work out and purging.
How do you believe this character's powers will further develop in the future? Perhaps an additional gallon creation, however due to it's potent and highly explosive nature which would cover a large radius around initial detonation.. it would end there. Manifestation of a tertiary ability [not offensive in nature]
Background:
Jack grew up in Houston, Tx, raised in the general area of "Clear Lake" which is a city just south of the big city in between Houston and Galvetson, about ten blocks away from where the NASA Space Center is stationed, having attended an intermediate school which faced the facility, being able to see the rockets adorning the lawn from standing out next to the flag pole in the school's front bus circle. He led a generally normal lifestyle, getting into things a normal teen would, skating, wrapping houses, coke bottle dry ice bombs, girls, boys, practical jokes. He was never really on a sports team and once he got into highschool he decided swim team was better than football, despite the uncomfortable speedo.
His parents were happily married, offering him the general stereotypical loving household, and they lived in a middle-class neighborhood although he spent a lot of his time hopping from friends house to friends house once he reached the age of sixteen simply because his parents weren't that restrictive on him. When he was about seventeen his abilities manifested, thankfully.. whilst he was out in a huge field fucking around with some of his friends playing with a bucket of napalm they'd constructed from foam and other chemicals, flinging it about and watching it burn. He'd picked up a rock to throw at one of the flames and as the rock met his hand it became coated in the slick substance, ten minutes after landing in the fire when the boys had decided to begin to walk home the rock exploded, sending dubris flying and leveling a good portion of the field itself, creating a sizable crater. The boys knew napalm couldn't have done that.. but left it as one of those unexplained events that happen when you're a kid.. His parents never caught wind of it, Jack having the ability to control when this sucretion occurred and as soon as he possibly could he began searching for grants and loans he could get by maintaining generally good grades in school to attend Cobalt and, finally accumulating enough money by the age of twenty to undertake this predestined migration.
Currently he's doing rather well for himself, having worked his way up the proverbial ladder at a novelty store and has recently become one of the youngest interns at the corporate office of Floyd & Biggs.. although he aspires to one day be a partner with -his- name in the title of the company.
Quirks/Extras (Random fun facts about your character!): He's actually pretty damn smart in books as well as streets, although sometimes he doesn't show it. He can't stand spiders. Is allergic to cats. And sometimes talks to himself..
Alias: Nitro
Age: 23
Date of Birth: Oct. 14
Hometown: Houston, Tx.
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 204lbs
Hair Color: Brown/Black
Eye Color: Crystal Blue
Nationality/Race: Caucasion
Occupation: Student
Personality Profile: An easy-going guy who can be a bit on the metrosexual side when dressing to go out somewhere. Very particular about certain things and will sometimes fix things without them needing to be fixed which may verge on mild ocd. Inclined to act and deal with consequence later he views life as too short with not enough time to do all the things he'd like to. He's rather philosophical and has a witty sense of humor and is never one to turn down a bit of fun and mischief.
Physical Description: An inconsistant physical regimen has left him with defined yet not "sculpted" features, something akin to what years of swim team in highschool will do to someone.
Character Picture (Optional):
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Mutation/Powers:
Primary : Nitroglycerin Generation/Manipulation - He sucretes the slick nitroglycerin substance from pores within his hands in it's primary form wich makes it a contact explosive[exploding when it's touched by heat, light, sound, physical pressure, even alpha radiation]. He is able to simply place said substance somewhere or turn it into a projectile, thrown within range that a young man of his size and strength would be able to lob an average baseball, having enough manipulation over it to cause it to keep in a balled or stream-line form as long as he can keep a visual on it. The amount he can create at one time would be equivalent to a gallon however if he attempts to top out he'll "run dry" for the next twenty four hours without the ability to replenish until said time. Once it is created for the initial ten minutes after creation it defys the natural laws surrounding it, letting it remain docile until the probationary ten minute period where afterward it then becomes subject to the laws and restrictions of the real world. [i.e. it then will explode if exposed to aforementioned situations] This simply gives him a ten minute window to do what he'd like with it, instead of it simply exploding upon creation. If that were the case.. he wouldn't have hands.
Secondary : Visual Spark - Simply put Jack can create a spark.. much like that of a lighter and equivalent in size by simply visually pinpointing the area he wants the spark to manifest, and ordering it mentally to happen. These sparks only last for five seconds, and sometimes less than that, and it can only be created in a place he can see to.
Tertiary : Yet to Manifest
Drawbacks/Weaknesses : Nitroglycerin can be desensitized by cooling it to a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius, 55 degrees Fahrenheit, thus when the temperature around him reaches this degree he is technically rendered useless, losing the ability of his hands all together and sometimes become immobile until he thaws and once he thaws his production and reserve of the chemical for that whole day becomes useless and he must simply burn it off, the only way to do this safely however it through his body, which acts as a neutralizer through strenuous work out and purging.
How do you believe this character's powers will further develop in the future? Perhaps an additional gallon creation, however due to it's potent and highly explosive nature which would cover a large radius around initial detonation.. it would end there. Manifestation of a tertiary ability [not offensive in nature]
Background:
Jack grew up in Houston, Tx, raised in the general area of "Clear Lake" which is a city just south of the big city in between Houston and Galvetson, about ten blocks away from where the NASA Space Center is stationed, having attended an intermediate school which faced the facility, being able to see the rockets adorning the lawn from standing out next to the flag pole in the school's front bus circle. He led a generally normal lifestyle, getting into things a normal teen would, skating, wrapping houses, coke bottle dry ice bombs, girls, boys, practical jokes. He was never really on a sports team and once he got into highschool he decided swim team was better than football, despite the uncomfortable speedo.
His parents were happily married, offering him the general stereotypical loving household, and they lived in a middle-class neighborhood although he spent a lot of his time hopping from friends house to friends house once he reached the age of sixteen simply because his parents weren't that restrictive on him. When he was about seventeen his abilities manifested, thankfully.. whilst he was out in a huge field fucking around with some of his friends playing with a bucket of napalm they'd constructed from foam and other chemicals, flinging it about and watching it burn. He'd picked up a rock to throw at one of the flames and as the rock met his hand it became coated in the slick substance, ten minutes after landing in the fire when the boys had decided to begin to walk home the rock exploded, sending dubris flying and leveling a good portion of the field itself, creating a sizable crater. The boys knew napalm couldn't have done that.. but left it as one of those unexplained events that happen when you're a kid.. His parents never caught wind of it, Jack having the ability to control when this sucretion occurred and as soon as he possibly could he began searching for grants and loans he could get by maintaining generally good grades in school to attend Cobalt and, finally accumulating enough money by the age of twenty to undertake this predestined migration.
Currently he's doing rather well for himself, having worked his way up the proverbial ladder at a novelty store and has recently become one of the youngest interns at the corporate office of Floyd & Biggs.. although he aspires to one day be a partner with -his- name in the title of the company.
Quirks/Extras (Random fun facts about your character!): He's actually pretty damn smart in books as well as streets, although sometimes he doesn't show it. He can't stand spiders. Is allergic to cats. And sometimes talks to himself..