Post by MacGuffin on Aug 19, 2006 12:48:01 GMT -5
Codeword: Pirates
Full Name: Jacob Samuel O’Halloran
Nicknames: Jake, Mr. O, Starfish
Codename: Possum
Age: 40
DoB: April 13, 1966
Origins: Los Angeles, California
Orientation: Straight
Blood Type: B positive
Hair: Red
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 163 lbs
Physical Affects of Mutation?: The affects are only visible when he uses his powers.
Personality: A fairly easy-going guy. He’s kind of like that cool uncle that buys you beer. He’ll be stern as needed with kids, and grades fairly, no matter how unfair that seems, and he will sometimes shout and holler. But, he’s just an average Joe. Regular sense of humor, but a bit dryer than most. He’ll take you to see a movie, in a plutonic way, just as soon as he’ll give you a detention of some sort.
Appearance: Mildly attractive, but nothing really special. He isn’t very muscular, but he isn’t very fat either. He’s a healthy build and pale complexion. His demeanor is confidant, but not extremely so. He seems like a very approachable, kind and caring man, which does not betray his nature in the least.
Clothing Style: When teaching he ALWAYS wears a white long-sleeved button-up shirt, black slacks, a black tie, reading glasses, and black dress shoes. He likes to be snazzy and presentable. Kind of makes him feel important or something. Otherwise, he can be a real fashion slob at times. Occasionally he’ll get all presentable and not grungy if he feels up to it.
::Battle Uniform::
None. His time for fighting has passed.
Relations: Andrew O‘Halloran (father-living), Sofia O‘Halloran (mother-deceased), Angela Pinton (sister-living), Shannon Clemsy (ex-wife-living), Joshua O’Halloran (son-living)
Powers:
1. Bodily separation. Through will he can separate his hands/full arms, feet/full legs, and head from his body and have them function on their own (his arms and legs could travel around, but his head pretty much just stays in place). He has a sort of sixth sense that lets him know where his body parts are and what is around them. He can also separate his full torso from his lower body as part of this. It takes him no more than one second to remove and reattach any part of his body. He does not bleed while doing this, as any separated area is quickly scabbed over with skin, which goes away when he reattaches his body parts.
2. This one is kind of gross. Jacob is able to simulate extreme body tremors and hack up large quantities of blood. He can make blood leak through his ears, eyes, and nose as well. As a show stopper, he can foam at the mouth and partially regurgitate organs. He then drops to the ground, appearing clinically dead. In this state he emits a vile, rotting stench. The whole shebang takes him two to three minutes to act out at the least, but he can slow it down, and he can fix himself back up in one minute.
3. If one of his detachable body parts is destroyed, he can re-grow it on his body.
Weaknesses:
1. He can only be in his fake death state for forty-five minutes, otherwise he may suffer serious injury or brain damage. (this does not include the time it takes to enact the show or fix himself back up.)
2. His body parts may be trapped or injured while away from him, just like any other being.
3. It takes him days to re-grow a part of his body. He can’t regenerate his head.
Affiliation: Xavier’s
Skills: Creative writing, beer chugging, painting
Interests: Philosophy, art, theatre, music, psychology, literature, alcohol
Bio/History:
Jacob was born to a fairly well-off family. He attended the best public schools in the area, for his older sister had gone to the private school, and things did not fair well at all, and fit in pretty well. Oh sure, he was never Mr. Popular or anything, but he had his close group of friends, and he did occasionally get beat up by the football team, but it didn‘t traumatize him or anything. He made good grades, was liked for the most part, the whole shebang.
And then puberty hit. Things just went downhill at the beginning of Freshman year, and can be pinpointed to the exact moment of when the new Seniors were “initiating” the new Freshmen boys into high school on the first day after school. They’d shove some kids into lockers, paddle some on the butt, shove some into the girl’s locker room, etc. But Jacob, the poor guy, he got it pretty bad. They stripped him down, covered him in glue, and threw him out into the football field, where he proceeded to have grass stuck in places he never knew he had. Then the guys started pummeling him, and that’s when it happened. Jacob convulsed wildly, bled from the eyes and ears and mouth, and seemed like he was having a seizure. He started hacking up blood and intestines and the boys ran for the hills. About five minutes later, in the ambulance, Jacob stirred, slowly going back to the way he had been. It wasn’t but a year later that he discovered his ability to separate his body…and have real fun with that.
But, back to his first mutation. His parents were stunned. They didn’t know what to think of Jacob anymore, and couldn’t stand the thought of something so….disgusting living in their home. Jacob was more than willing to move in with his sister in Sacramento, not wanting to make things hard for his parents. He lived there for a few weeks before he got his letter from Xavier’s School For Gifted Youngsters. He was sixteen at the time.
Jacob fit in pretty well with the few students they had there. It was a pretty small group, considering it was just the 70’s and people had yet to find out more about the place. He took classes where he had left off in regular high school, excelling in literary classes. He took up painting as a way to express emotions and how he felt about his mutations, and it was a good form of therapy for him, as was writing.
After he completed his schooling at Xavier’s, Jacob entered UCLA, taking courses needed to be a certified teacher, along with learning how to do one of his newly found favorite hobbies: beer chugging with the boys. It was here he met Shannon, who became pregnant with his son Joshua in 1989. They were married for about a year, but decided they were better off without each other. Jacob still sees Joshua for his birthday and Christmas, also sending child support.
After he earned his degree he went on to teach high school in California for over a decade, all the while keeping up his writing, and eventually publishing a book that satirized modern theatre and literature. He gained a little recognition for that, but it wasn’t exactly a national best seller or anything.
About a year after his publication, Jacob decided to leave the public school system, wanting to go and see if there was any way he could help where he had been helped: Xavier’s.
Full Name: Jacob Samuel O’Halloran
Nicknames: Jake, Mr. O, Starfish
Codename: Possum
Age: 40
DoB: April 13, 1966
Origins: Los Angeles, California
Orientation: Straight
Blood Type: B positive
Hair: Red
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 163 lbs
Physical Affects of Mutation?: The affects are only visible when he uses his powers.
Personality: A fairly easy-going guy. He’s kind of like that cool uncle that buys you beer. He’ll be stern as needed with kids, and grades fairly, no matter how unfair that seems, and he will sometimes shout and holler. But, he’s just an average Joe. Regular sense of humor, but a bit dryer than most. He’ll take you to see a movie, in a plutonic way, just as soon as he’ll give you a detention of some sort.
Appearance: Mildly attractive, but nothing really special. He isn’t very muscular, but he isn’t very fat either. He’s a healthy build and pale complexion. His demeanor is confidant, but not extremely so. He seems like a very approachable, kind and caring man, which does not betray his nature in the least.
Clothing Style: When teaching he ALWAYS wears a white long-sleeved button-up shirt, black slacks, a black tie, reading glasses, and black dress shoes. He likes to be snazzy and presentable. Kind of makes him feel important or something. Otherwise, he can be a real fashion slob at times. Occasionally he’ll get all presentable and not grungy if he feels up to it.
::Battle Uniform::
None. His time for fighting has passed.
Relations: Andrew O‘Halloran (father-living), Sofia O‘Halloran (mother-deceased), Angela Pinton (sister-living), Shannon Clemsy (ex-wife-living), Joshua O’Halloran (son-living)
Powers:
1. Bodily separation. Through will he can separate his hands/full arms, feet/full legs, and head from his body and have them function on their own (his arms and legs could travel around, but his head pretty much just stays in place). He has a sort of sixth sense that lets him know where his body parts are and what is around them. He can also separate his full torso from his lower body as part of this. It takes him no more than one second to remove and reattach any part of his body. He does not bleed while doing this, as any separated area is quickly scabbed over with skin, which goes away when he reattaches his body parts.
2. This one is kind of gross. Jacob is able to simulate extreme body tremors and hack up large quantities of blood. He can make blood leak through his ears, eyes, and nose as well. As a show stopper, he can foam at the mouth and partially regurgitate organs. He then drops to the ground, appearing clinically dead. In this state he emits a vile, rotting stench. The whole shebang takes him two to three minutes to act out at the least, but he can slow it down, and he can fix himself back up in one minute.
3. If one of his detachable body parts is destroyed, he can re-grow it on his body.
Weaknesses:
1. He can only be in his fake death state for forty-five minutes, otherwise he may suffer serious injury or brain damage. (this does not include the time it takes to enact the show or fix himself back up.)
2. His body parts may be trapped or injured while away from him, just like any other being.
3. It takes him days to re-grow a part of his body. He can’t regenerate his head.
Affiliation: Xavier’s
Skills: Creative writing, beer chugging, painting
Interests: Philosophy, art, theatre, music, psychology, literature, alcohol
Bio/History:
Jacob was born to a fairly well-off family. He attended the best public schools in the area, for his older sister had gone to the private school, and things did not fair well at all, and fit in pretty well. Oh sure, he was never Mr. Popular or anything, but he had his close group of friends, and he did occasionally get beat up by the football team, but it didn‘t traumatize him or anything. He made good grades, was liked for the most part, the whole shebang.
And then puberty hit. Things just went downhill at the beginning of Freshman year, and can be pinpointed to the exact moment of when the new Seniors were “initiating” the new Freshmen boys into high school on the first day after school. They’d shove some kids into lockers, paddle some on the butt, shove some into the girl’s locker room, etc. But Jacob, the poor guy, he got it pretty bad. They stripped him down, covered him in glue, and threw him out into the football field, where he proceeded to have grass stuck in places he never knew he had. Then the guys started pummeling him, and that’s when it happened. Jacob convulsed wildly, bled from the eyes and ears and mouth, and seemed like he was having a seizure. He started hacking up blood and intestines and the boys ran for the hills. About five minutes later, in the ambulance, Jacob stirred, slowly going back to the way he had been. It wasn’t but a year later that he discovered his ability to separate his body…and have real fun with that.
But, back to his first mutation. His parents were stunned. They didn’t know what to think of Jacob anymore, and couldn’t stand the thought of something so….disgusting living in their home. Jacob was more than willing to move in with his sister in Sacramento, not wanting to make things hard for his parents. He lived there for a few weeks before he got his letter from Xavier’s School For Gifted Youngsters. He was sixteen at the time.
Jacob fit in pretty well with the few students they had there. It was a pretty small group, considering it was just the 70’s and people had yet to find out more about the place. He took classes where he had left off in regular high school, excelling in literary classes. He took up painting as a way to express emotions and how he felt about his mutations, and it was a good form of therapy for him, as was writing.
After he completed his schooling at Xavier’s, Jacob entered UCLA, taking courses needed to be a certified teacher, along with learning how to do one of his newly found favorite hobbies: beer chugging with the boys. It was here he met Shannon, who became pregnant with his son Joshua in 1989. They were married for about a year, but decided they were better off without each other. Jacob still sees Joshua for his birthday and Christmas, also sending child support.
After he earned his degree he went on to teach high school in California for over a decade, all the while keeping up his writing, and eventually publishing a book that satirized modern theatre and literature. He gained a little recognition for that, but it wasn’t exactly a national best seller or anything.
About a year after his publication, Jacob decided to leave the public school system, wanting to go and see if there was any way he could help where he had been helped: Xavier’s.
