Stray

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 * fullname=Unknown
 * codename=Stray
 * position=Thief For Hire
 * age=Unknown
 * race=Mutant
 * role=Neutral
 * type=Original Character


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"Call me a freak again."


 * overview=

Stray is a mutant struggling to survive in a world that he is convinced hates him. Honestly, he isn't terribly fond of it either. Stray is an escapee from a facility that was running experiments on mutants, what they wanted him for, he is unsure of. All they told him was that he was serving the greater good. Thanks to them he has no name and no memory of who he is or ever was. No identity makes it a little difficult to pick up a decent job, so thieving seems to be the only option he has left. It has proven to be something that he is very good at. After all, he is the definition of stealth.

Extra
Music:

Ashes -Five Finger Death Punch


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Character Sheet

Abilities: Powers

Temperature Control: 4, Transparency: 5

Abilities: Skills

Hand To Hand Combat: 4, Medical Training: 4

Abilities: Tech

Weapons: 2

Advantages:

Anonymous

Flaws:

Amnesia, Haunted, Hot Headed, No Identity

Languages: English

Abilities

Powers: Temperature Control (4) Stray’s ability to manipulate temperature goes along with his ability to turn transparent. By default his body temperature always matches the air around him, this he really has no control over unless he chooses to change his body temperature manually. When Stray uses this mutation he normally doesn't feel the effects of the change, his body is able to fluctuate between negative three hundred degrees and positive three hundred degrees with little effort. However if he makes a shift too quickly or goes outside of those bounds he will start experiencing side effects. If he changes his temperature too quickly, he can suffer severe physical consequences, a lot like what happens when you take a hot pan and put it directly under cold water. Stray’s body warps, causing tendons, ligaments, and muscles to rip, and in severe circumstances causing bones to snap.

Powers: Transparency (5) Stray possesses the ability to bend the light around him, making himself nearly invisible to the human eye. He can apply this to himself and any matter he comes into contact with, whether it is organic or man made. A lot of control can be applied to this area of his mutation making it possible to show any one system or layer of his body at a time. This allows him to make either a full or a partial shift at any given time. For example he can make only his nervous system visible or just his skeleton. There is one downside while he is in this form, anything that he unintentionally comes into contact, such as being struck or bumping into something; it will actually send a ripple over his body making him visible for a couple seconds.

Skill: Hand To Hand Combat (4) Stray posses some hand to hand combat training, nothing to gloat about, but it is something definitely to be noted. A lot of the training he received from the military while he was enlisted in the army. Eventually during the duration of his service he advanced to some mixed martial arts training, but the training is very limited. This training also implemented him with some understanding of tactics and maneuvers. What makes him so dangerous is the fact that once he gets his hands on you there is always the possibility of his mutation coming into play as well. Alongside the military training he has also been in his fair share of street fights and brawls thanks to his very short temper. Therefore, Stray is fairly seasoned.

Skill: Medical Training (4) Stray is a certified and trained advanced paramedic, a certification he received during his duration of service in the army. Unlike an EMT, advanced paramedics are trained to use advanced life support procedures, including advanced airway management, cardiac monitoring, drug administration, and advanced wound management. Some examples include the ability to do an intravenous set up to administer drugs, using a combitube, and able to properly stitch injuries that require it.

Tech: Weapons (2) In the way of weapons, Stray doesn't possess the weapons that match the training he received while serving in the army. Currently all Stray has in his possession is a Glock 19 which he managed to get a hold of while browsing the black market. Along with an old Swiss army knife he keeps on his person at all times. He is trained in higher powered weapons, for example the standard issue for the army is a M16A2 assault rifle, he knows those weapons inside and out and definitely knows how to use them. Among other higher level weapons, he would be able to operate them if he managed to get his hands on them.

Advantages

Advantage: Anonymous

Having no connections can sometimes have an advantage. Because Stray has no memory, and there is no physical record of his existence, he is untraceable. Stray lacks dental records, fingerprints, and any and all forms of identification. Therefore he is an excellent candidate if anyone contracts him for any sort of job. Even in the event that he was caught, no one would be able to trace it back to himself or his "employer".

Flaws

Flaw: Amnesia

Anything regarding his past is completely lost to him. Not only is there a lack of physical evidence regarding his existence, he also can’t remember anything before becoming an experiment for the military. Bits and pieces are all he can remember from being part of the program. An attempt was made to wipe his memory entirely, and though most of it was lost in the process, he still managed to hold on to some memories of the experiments and torture they put him through. Along with the snippets of memory he retains from the facility, he has also managed to hold onto the skills he learned during his service. He, however, has no idea where they came from or how he got them.

Flaw: Haunted

Common with most people who experience traumatic events, there is always some kind of mental imprint made, one that will never go away. Despite the fact that Stray hardly remembers anything from his past, the torture and experiments they put him through at the military facility are still imprinted in his memory. Stray suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, and there are one major thing that acts as a trigger and can send him into an attack, rushing water. Rushing water, such as rapids, fast moving rivers, and even severe rain showers, can send him into panic mode. It implements an intense feeling of fear that causes him to lock up, and lash out once he returns to reality. Needles are another trigger but the effect isn’t as bad as water, it depends on the situation and how they are being used. Indefinitely, Stray is dangerous if there is any tampering with his fears.

Flaw: Hot Headed

With the history that Stray does, or at least what he can remember of it, one can’t honestly blame him for having a short temper. Between suffering from amnesia and having a bad case of PTSD it has created an unstable cocktail of anger and frustration. Any and all patience he has obtained while serving in the United States army has been annihilated. Now he proves to be a ticking time bomb, and there are very few things he tolerates. The overwhelming hate he has for humans because of his experience with them, definitely doesn’t help his mood.

Flaw: No Identity

Walking around without a name and some sort of identification makes it extremely difficult for one to function and survive in modern society. No identity means no credit cards, no drivers license, no social security number, nothing. The lack of these things definitely puts a cap on trying to obtain things necessary for survival. This has driven Stray not only to take on contracted jobs for some kind of cash flow, it also forces him to live under the radar whether he wants to or not.


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Please keep in mind that Stray has no recollection of his past.
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Stray was born and raised in Colorado, and for the most part he had a normal childhood, until he hit puberty, which is when mutations start to become more obvious. A kid being bullied in school is fairly common, and no one really thinks much of it, until a mutant is involved. Constantly being bullied eventually led to Stray’s powers being triggered, and in this particular case he managed to burn down half of his high school. By sheer luck it managed to look like an accident, and to keep it under wraps Stray threatened the kid who was bullying him to keep his mouth shut.

Things changed quickly, and as soon as he could get out of there he did, joining the United States army. For the most part he was able to keep his mutation, and himself off of the radar, no questions asked. Stray made it through basic training, learning hand-to-hand combat skills and weaponry. Most of his training being in rifles and pistols. After basic training Stray was offered to start working in the specialized medical field and he took the opportunity. He took an immediate liking to it and before he knew it he was a trained field medic. For a while it looked like things were going smoothly, until they were sent on a night mission and another soldier realized that Stray wasn’t showing up on their infrared camera. The whole team thought this was odd and successfully kept their discovery from Stray and relayed their findings to their commanding officer.

A couple days later Stray woke up in a cell, and had become a prisoner of war in his own country. He quickly discovered that his captors belonged to a section of the government that was specially designed to deal with mutants. They showed great interest in his abilities and started running various experiments to try and figure out what made him tick, and eventually trying to apply his mutations to their own weapons. Stray was told that he was going to be used for the greater good, that he was going to be serving his country, and loaded him up with a bunch of false hope. Eventually the pain followed though, and Stray being the resilient and hard headed mutant he is, had no intention in cooperating with their demands. Greater good project or not, he refused to do what they asked and it eventually led to a couple forms of torture, one involving water seemed to be favorable. Eventually his memory was completely erased, and no memory from his past survived the onslaught.

After a while it seemed that all of the tests and the torture was slowing down, and Stray was certain that they were going to off him soon. His assumption was correct; but somehow he managed to survive the “death” they had in store for him. Managing to escape the facility he tried to get as far away from there as he could. Eventually after traveling a few hundred miles away, he was convinced he was finally out of harms way. He found himself in New York City, and now begins a new battle, him trying to survive all over again.

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