Post by Andrew Callahan on Sept 7, 2009 3:20:01 GMT -5
i n t r o d u c i n g . . .
Andrew Felix Callahan ///
[/size][/i]Full Name~ Andrew Callahan
Gender~ Male
Age~ 20
Birthdate~ Sept. 1, 1989
Location~ Miami
Faction~ The Collective
Celebrity Claim~ Hunter Parrish
Play anyone else?~ NO
m i n d . . .
what's in my head?
/// SPECIAL ABILITY
Density Manipulation
Andrew’s power is the power to control his own density. He can make himself so extremely dense, so the body is nearly impenetrable and hits are powerfully concussive, or lower his density so much that he can float in air. He uses this ability by concentrating on his body to disperse his molecules (yet remain the same form) or condense his molecules.
Andrew's density does not make him fully impenetrable, but he can make himself dense enough to block extremely fast objects with a lot of pressure, such as bullets. He does feel the bullet, but in his dense for it does limited to no damage and causes very little pain. While on the other hand he can make himself a little less dense than air, making him able to float in the air.
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/// ABILITY LIMITS
Andrew can not disperse his molecules enough to make himself intangible. If he tried this he would float so quickly in the air it would not even be useful. Neither becoming dense or sparse limits Andrew’s range of motion. He can move just as freely either way.
Andrew's power is purely concentration based. That is why it is so imperative that he remains level headed while using his power, if he becomes too flustered or if too much is going on in his head he can not use his ability.
Maintaining extremes of this ability is easier to him than maintaining slight changes. In an extreme he can hold it without having to concentrate on having it fluctuate in any direction. As if he was only making slight changes within his body it is harder to hold that exact density, thus making flying much harder because he must fluctuate his density in order to move, if not he would just float up and up.
When he makes himself less dense than air, this does not make him intangible like other density shifters might become. Although he can make himself able to be able to block many attacks through becoming dense, he can not protect himself from temperature attacks such as fire. Fire will still burn Andrew, as well as ice will still freeze him. His density will give him more resilience to these such as attacks, but they will still effect him.
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/// PERSONALITY
Andrew is a bit of an Introvert. He is in his own head for most of the waking hours. He is constantly thinking. Most of his thoughts are mostly philosophical, and mostly questions he asks himself. Andrew is capable of seeing multiple view points on a certain idea. This allows him to have an argument with himself and not have his personal ideas always win.
Andrew thinks quite highly of himself. He enjoys talking to people about philosophical ideas. he mostly enjoys this to take an opposite view point and have a good argument. Andrew loves to argue. He does it just for the sport of it. Since arguing is one of Andrew's favorite thing to do, he does not like dumb people. He doesn't enjoy talking to them and he is not afraid to let them know.
Andrew is not one to start a conversation. He is not very good at conversation starters. Meet and greets are his weak points. Andrew could be considered shy at the beginning of a conversation. This is mostly due to the fact that he did not want to start the conversation, so he was unprepared. After he warms up he can usually hold a conversation without any awkward silence.
After he gets to know people he is a relatively nice guy. He will go out of his way to help a friend out, mostly because he does not consider too many people to be his friend.
If Andrew ever find himself to be in a big, unfamiliar group of people he finds himself mostly answering what is said by others in his head, and rarely speaking out. He mentally notes everything said in the group and analyzes the conversation. He is quite the opposite when he is with people he is familiar with. He does say most things in his head, but he can be quite talkative inf the conversation intrigues him.
Andrew sees things in a worldwide perspective. He does not value individual life, he does not fear death any more than he fears killing someone. The life of one person compared to the 6 billion that live on the planet is minimal.
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Likes~
- Philosophy
- Intelligent people
- Arguing, like debate...
- School
- Solving problems
- Cleanliness
Dislikes~
- "Dumb" people, people that do not understand him he views as dumb.
- Two faced people
- Falling asleep / waking up
- Religion / the fanatics within it
- Cold weather
- Tobacco
Strengths~
- Can break things up - work wise. not easily overwhelmed
- Does not show anger
- Can easily jump into the minds of others
- Athletic
- Very reasonable minded
- Does not give in to temptations
Weaknesses~
- Argumentative - even though it is just for fun for him, its sometimes hard for people to see that.
- Doesnt show sympathy well
- Has a weak range of emotions
- Thinks too logically, sometimes, doesn't allow emotions in... it dehumanizes him.
- Does not value individual life.
Skills~
- Problem solving
- Debate
- Strategy
- Skating
- Decent cook
Hobbies~
- Thinking
- Walking
- Working out
- Reading - science fiction or philosophy novels.
Habits~
- Tends to screw up pronunciations of words, when he becomes embarrassed
- Tends to mutter words to himself when thinking
- Tracks his neck and back
Flaws~
- Insomniac
- Allergic to rodents
- Fear of being alone in the dark / alone in a crowd
b o d y . . .
caught in your sights . . .
Age~ 20
Celebrity Claim~ Hunter Parrish
Sexual Preference~ Heterosexual
Ethnicity~ Polish
Hair~ Blonde
Eyes~ Blue
/// APPEARANCE
Andrew usually has mid-length hair. His bangs reach his eyebrows, and that is about as long as his hair ever gets. He enjoys wearing a hat most of the time, he likes the way his hair curls around it. He does not comb his hair at all, he simply puts on a hat, therefore his hair is usually unkempt or pressed to his head when he takes his hat off. When he finally decides to cut his hair he then takes acre of it until it gets too long. He spikes it and does not wear a hat until it is long enough to curl up on the sides.
He is very simple with his clothes. A T-shirt, usually plain or a small logo, with plaid or cargo shorts. His clothes are always clean and rarely wrinkled, he is a neat person. For a choice of footwear he usually goes with shoes with ankle socks, but occasionally wears flip flops.
Andrew does not grow much facial hair, but the hair he does grow he gets rid of quickly, he doesn't like it. His body is relatively hairless. He works out so he is cut and lean. He also skates and runs to stay in shape.
s p i r i t . . .
this is where i come from . . .
Faction~ The Collective
Birthplace~ Langley WA
Mother~ Julia Callahan
Father~ John Callahan
Siblings~ N/a
Spouse~ N /a
Children~ N/a
Other Family~ N/a
/// HISTORY
Andrew was born in a small town in Washington called Langley. He did not live there very long. Before he was old enough to start schooling parents moved to northern Texas. Andrew grew up there and lived a pretty normal life. That was until he began to feel his "self" becoming expanded. He started to feel like he was lighter or heavier at times. He didn't know what these thoughts were coming from. That was until he began to focus more and more of where these feelings formed. He began to realize what was happening to him.
Andrew doesn't know if it was determination, so much time spent focusing on this, or just merely brain growth and development that allowed him to fully grasp this extension to his self. He could control density of himself to nearly polar opposite sides of the scale. Once he realized this he began to try harder and harder to understand.
This was about the time he started high school. He already knew what he wanted to do with his life. He learned as much as he could on the subjects of sociology and philosophy. When he wasn't doing that he was learning how to control, what he learned now, was a superhuman ability. He could focus on himself and suddenly float, or feel so tight and dense that he could not cut his own skin.
Making friends was not on his agenda through high school. Why bother? He knew that most of the people he knew in high school he would never see again after he graduated. It was a lost cause not worth lying to himself about. He had more important things to worry about, like how he became the way he did, how his genes were made so perfectly as to allow him to have this gift, but still live within the confines of human society. He knew that if his powers were shown to the people he would be viewed as either a godsend, or a freak. Either way things would be bad for him.
After Andrew graduated high school he had a firm understanding of himself, but he still had no idea of how he came to be. He decided he would go to Miami University and major in Sociology, minor in Philosophy. It was what he planned since his freshman year of high school. School there was a breeze. He was very knowledgeable on the subject, and he has what is know as "The Sociological Imagination" which allows him to think unlike other people. He loved school there and planned on staying there until he graduated.
He became attached to one of his professors who got him an internship with a group that he was apart of. The NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There he helped people understand why people act the way they do under the stresses of what the NOAA study. This allowed him to live in an apartment with 2 other kids he knew and grew to be friends with in his 2 years of college.
/// ANYTHING ELSE?
"i am a mirror of my self"
c r e d e n t i a l s . . .
what do you bring to the party ?
/// PLAYER INFORMATION
Name or Alias~ Matt / Hurley / Ender
CBox Name~ EnderDelphiki
Contact Info~ Mpw38@cisunix.unh.edu
Age~ 18
Years of RP Experience~ few years
How Did You Find Us? mah boi MOON
/// SAMPLE RP
"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin."
Andrew stepped to the very edge of the roof and stared down. It wasn't incredibly high, but it was enough that if he fell he could possibly die, and if not, he would be seriously injured. He had never tried anything like this before, but he knew it had to be done. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he did so he recapped everything that happened that day, how every moment in school he had been thinking about how he could not wait for this moment. Just a senior in high school, what would people think if i fail? Will they say "there is that kid that had no friends, he tried to kill himself because he could not relate to the other boys in school." No. They won't be saying that because I won't fail. I will do this.
He let one foot dangle off the roof, he could barely see the ground in the cool night with no moon. He didn't even try, he focused on the streetlight not to far from where he was standing. "I can do this, easy." He muttered underneath his breath. He then opened his eyes and jumped. When he reached the peak of his jump he separated his molecules farther apart to become more sparse. He became less and less dense as he fell a few feet down, but then steadily rose.
His heart was not racing, he was completely calm, even though he could have been a few seconds away from death at that time. He steadily fluctuated his density to slowly fall in the direction he wanted. He glided his way down to the street light and was broken from the kids that play baseball and landed right where he intended. He let out a laugh that sounded almost like a sigh of relief. That was when he came to realize something. That even facing death in the face he could think calmly and react easily. That either meant that he was very level headed, or that he did not fear death. He was not going to try and test out which it was; some things are best left as a mystery.
Did you read the rules: The rules? My dog ate them. Honest.