Post by Shredder on May 1, 2010 23:28:04 GMT
++Application for Enrollment++
The Person
Name: Rex Brannigan
Age: 18
Place of Birth: Florida, America
Applying too: Mass Academy
In what capacity: Student
Family: Oscar & Rose Brannigan, parents
Height: 6"
Weight: 190 lbs
Appearance:
Skills:
First and foremost, Rex's heart beats for metal, both listening and playing. His codename "Shredder" is not only a tribute to the classic TMNT villain, but also a reference to his "freakin' brutal" skills as an electric guitarist. He takes pride in his gnarly shreds and clean speed picking. He is particularly proficient in playing melodic death metal, in other terms of music, he is capable of general song writing, including lyrics, arranging songs and doing guitar and bass lines. He is also the vocalist for his band, Gilgamesh, and has trained his voice for performing the "deathgrowl," this has however, left his voice with a constant, rough and gravelly sound.
After hitting puberty and becoming an angry young man, his parents convinced him to take up boxing, which he channelled his anger into. He has 5 years experience in boxing. He is also licensed to drive a motor cycle & car, and possesses more talent at each, then the average road user. His 1969 Pontiac Judge is almost as dear to him as his guitar.
Personality:
Although Puberty turned him into an angry, rebellious youth, Rex has levelled out out the last year. He is still however, rather irresponsible, crude & vulgar. He's happiest when performing the music he loves with his band, but his minor fame has made him rather arrogant, and he's always been uncaring. He's a testorone driven young man, wanting to drink, smoke, breed and play. Being a Hellion gives him a solid reason to punch people in the face, so he's quite happy to be a member of them for now.
Likes:
- Metal
- Booze
- Sluts
- More Metal
- Punching people in the face
Dislikes:
- Mainstream tunes
- Regular jack offs trying to speak to him
- Apocalypse his and jack off horsemen (even if they are totally metal)
- Studying
- Resisting the urge to punch someone in the face
The Mutant
Codename: Shredder
Mutant Abilities:
Ambient Noise Absorption: Rex's body is constantly absorbing sonic vibrations, which he can store in his body for two effects. The louder the noise around him, the more his body absorbs, there is of course a limit, and which point is body simply stops taking in noise. This "full limit" can't be maintained for long however, as it causes the proverbial tank to rupture.
Energy Projection: Rex is capable of releasing his pent up energy in two ways, he is capable of focusing the energy into his eyes and projecting it in the form of optic blasts. These blasts can be concentrated into thin heat based beams with high, explosive hitting power, or wide, arcing blasts. He is also capable of channelling his energy through his limbs, allowing him to strike (punch, kick, headbutt etc) as if he had super strength (but not perform any lifting or pushing feats). He can convert the heat into concussive force, to avoid killing or injuring people. A standard power optic blast and knock a person back, repeated blasts could kill. At full power, his concentrated blasts can go straight through titanium. His standard punches can strike with simulates the striking power of a person with super strength at about five tons.
Fuelled by Pain: A "secondary" source of energy for Rex, is to fuel his powers on physical or emotional pain. While this can be a plentiful source of energy, the downside is however, he must feel genuine and significant physical or emotional pain to be charged suitably.
Weaknesses: Being physically human, he can still be killed and harmed in all the traditional means. Fuelling his powers by pain runs the risk of causing him injury. Although ambient noise provides him with enough energy to use his abilities to a degree, in a life or death situation he would want a high degree of energy stored up, or he could risk quickly running out of juice, or being unable to project enough energy to protect himself.
History:
Born to Oscar and Rose Brannigan eighteen years ago, his early life was quite normal. He had a standard, safe, healthy upbringing in Florida. He was a nice boy, but when puberty hit it was nearly over night change that saw him adorning himself in "too much black" and getting snappy towards his parents, at first just finding them awkward and embarrassing, dubbing them "regular jackoffs," albeit not to their face for a while. In attempt to win over an increasingly angry and unruly son, and hoping he wouldn't get involved in the wrong sort of people, his parents purchased him a guitar.
As he had an increasing interest in metal music, he accepted the gift and started to play, enjoying it to the degree that whenever he was forced to be at home and he would retreat to his room and just practice, as time went on he would retreat to his room to practice to escape other things, be it annoyances at school or his social life. Not too fond of the "devil music" he was playing, his old man tried to get him into boxing, like he had done when he was a boy. Once again however, their plans backfired as he got too into it and unleashed his aggression on his ring opponents, with no care for how hard he hit them (and often sneaking in unfair punches). It got worst when he brought his boxing to school, and knocked out the quarter back for making fun of his band, Trail of Destruction.
When his abilities manifested, his parents, bless them for trying, were worn out and at the end of their wits, they loved him and accepted him for everything he was (his Dad thought his nails being painted black was a sign he was gay, "luckily" it was just a metal scene trend). Just as they felt they couldn't live with a boy who had smoking eyeballs any longer, a break came in the form of Emma Frost, a woman who approached the parents and explain that he was a mutant. They knew about mutants, after Magneto's tyrade and all the things in the media. It wasn't a quick decision, but they felt it was the best. Rex was glad to be free of the jackoffs.
Trail Of Destruction had been doing decently in the local metal scene, scoring gigs in bars and small metal clubs, it made them some cash, better then working a nine to five on the weeks in his opinion. He was, after one show, approaching by two others, also well known in the metal scene, who were interested in forming a local "supergroup" of sorts, and were interested in taking on his guitar and vocal talents. That was the beginning of Gilgamesh. The group would prove to be much more popular, especially when Apocalypse declared war on the world, which left many people more able to associate his with angry music. Today, Gilgamesh enjoy being signed to a label, and success in the states around Massachusetts, granting Rex some minor fame and more then enough money to enjoy his lifestyle as he see's fit.
RP Sample:
There was a show on tonight, Gilgamesh were playing in one of the biggest metal clubs in town. The crowd would have a few hundred people in it, at least. Everything however, was prepared, equipment was set up and he had been getting the green lighting on everything else, from the elaborate lightshow to the pyrotechnics. Rex always had elaborate light shows, brought a whole other level to it, he knew he could provide some hardcore Death Metal, so it was just a matter of making it an all round good show.
"Alright....lets get Metal!" he roared as he took up his Gibson Explorer, while a small burst of pyrotechnics revealed the band to the crowd.
++OOC Info++
Player: Mags
Other characters played: Magneto, Wolverine, Primarch, Adam
Any plans in mind for the character? Nope
Do you agree to the rules: Ja
