Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 13:08:22 GMT
Jack Ranger
Name: Jack Ranger
Nickname(s): J.R Jack/Junior
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Country of Birth: U.S.A
Personality: Jack is a very quiet and introverted person. He has trouble expressing his emotions, almost coming off as uninterested, or cold to other people. Jack is exceptionally lazy, despite his body-builder like appearance -- and would rather stay inside and listen to the radio. Although, despite his lack of social interest, Jack is drawn to out-going people: be it out of envy or simply intrigue is anyone's guess. Jack dislikes being touched by people he hasn't gotten to know to well -- occasionally lashing out with the intent to harm if provoked. But even Jack eventually opens up to people the more he is around them. His values become more altruistic rather than independent. He becomes more confident, and heroic. All he needs is better influence.
History: Jack was a very average boy growing up. Your common garden-variety child who spent his younger years travelling with his parents. They never stuck around in one place at a time. Until the two guardians had amassed a very stable income, and took a liking to a place called Fallbrook. Although, their peaceful life was abruptly brought to a painful end as a dark force had overtaken their new home. Shadows within shadows, and unfamiliar shapes took over the empty spaces of their apartment. The darkness seemed to smile with painful looking grins. Eventually, this lead to the source of these paranormal events. A man dressed in very fancy attire had strutted inside of their abode unannounced, and began snapping photos of the walls and paintings. He was easily recognized by the scrawled out Chinese sentences tattooed on his left arm, and the apparent vacancy of two fingers, which would've been his thumb and index fingers. Confused: Jack's father confronted the figure with harmful intent. Jack's father was quickly shut up with a piercing stab to his jugular by an unnatural protrusion from a nearby wall. It was... A shower head, that protruded from the walls, leaking strange liquids. The marble plating that manifested on the originally concrete walls appeared to ooze with a black goo underneath the rusted, purple metal. Jack was ignorant to the commotion; due to him being in a deep sleep. He was then woken up by his mother's soft hands cradling his head. He murmured, and figured she was merely whispering him a goodbye, and a "I love you" before she headed out to work. Until a warm liquid dribbled down his face. He felt a scream rupture from his lungs -- blood pooling around his neck. Suddenly, an attempt by the strange man was made -- dragging the boy by his leg as he held onto the frame of his bed for dear life. He felt like he was inside a steam room. The floor began to fill up with scarlet red as his mother's eye made way for a faucet. This fear that welled up inside him unlocked something... Impossible. He felt a calming warmth overwhelm him amidst the chaos. He had learnt from a few home-schooled lessons that this feeling was most likely a fight or flight response welling up inside him. But it was something quite different... His leg erratically twisted in impossible ways. A loud snap, and a crack was heard behind him as the man whipped his hand backward. And then a painful yell. The boy felt his body move on his own. He just had to move... There wasn't any reason he shouldn't! But his movements were resisted by a mysterious gravity, pulling him against the bed. His body had begun to shift and contort in unnatural mannerisms. He had literally shrunk into a subtle caving in the wood of his bed frame, hidden under the metal grid that held his mattress up. Confused grunts escaped the invader -- his hand hastily tracing around the bed in search of a single sign of life left. And then, as seemingly hours had finally passed: Jack was alone. The unfamiliar warm feeling that saved his life had left him. He was stuffed up in a small hole, without any way out.. Again, he mustered a scream. He shouted until his lungs filled with air. But no one was going to help him.
How could they?
It was 6 hours later that he had finally unhooked himself from his unusual position. The first thing he did with his freedom was sit in his bed idly. These events had changed him. The absence of his parents loving embrace waking him in the morning was gone. Men were sent to his home in trench coats and deerstalkers, puffing on cigars like their lives depended on it. The only semi-familiar face was of his brother, which hurried to pull him into his arms. For the first time in his life, he didn't hug back. He just fell into his arms until he fell asleep. He was exhausted.. He was brought back to his brother's apartment, in which he spent a good few days brooding. He couldn't do anything else but that. He had spent his childhood with his goals and purpose set for him. But now he had to improvise a new one. He needed to find the man in the suit.
He needed to find the showers..
「 "He got stuck were he hid,
Falling through the grid.
Invisible Kid,
Got a place of his own,
where he'll never be known.
Inward, he's grown." 」
Current Life: Jack is currently in his eldest brother's custody due to the unexplained disappearance of his recent guardians. He lives in a bare-bones apartment, with the smallest room which he had reluctantly gotten use to. He is currently being home-schooled by his brother, and a tutor that comes over once a fortnight. He regularly leaves the apartment due to it feeling too much like his old home.
Skills: Jack is a natural at playing the drums (on occasion he'll dribble his fingers on hollow objects just to remind himself of the beautiful rhythm). He also has a knack for basic mechanics. Besides recreational talents, he's also a genius when it comes down to psychological deduction -- learning this talent from years of studying basic social behavior from afar. Another skill of his is combat initiative. Although his style of fighting is very street-like, he's also adept at using few Brazilian Jiu Jitsu holds and grapples.
Weaknesses: Jack is terrified of enclosed spaces, despite the usefulness of his stand more prominently being used for fitting into such. He almost never uses the ability, and depends on his stand's power, speed, and durability to get him through tough spots. Jack is also very rash, and relies more on his stand rather than his own wits. He feels bare, and defenseless without Invisible Kid. Without it, he's quick to surrender. Better yet -- his stand usually has a mind of its own, and sometimes outright refuses to manifest. He's also very easy to manipulate and influence, if the influence involves Jack being benefited in some way.
Appearance: Jack is a 6'2", well built teenager with pale, and smooth looking skin. Jack has messy brown bed hair, which reaches down to his shoulders. His hair color accompanying his hazel brown eyes, and his stoic features. He also has a piercing on his left ear with an engraved heart dangling by a chain on his earlobe. Jack's attire is generally a black collared longsleeve, a red tie with his initials patterned in the fabric, white denim jeans with a belt buckle also bearing his initials, and black leather boots.
Other Details:
- A lot of Jack's traits reference a few lyrical sequences in the song his stand is named after, "Invisible Kid".
- The irony of Jack's fear, and the ability of his stand is mainly due to Jack's selfish nature, and his habit of not letting things go. Although he is still young and developing, his subconscious is urging him to change before he sabotages himself more, hence the C in Invisible Kid's development potential being left as an opportunity.
Invisible Kid
Stand Name: Invisible Kid
Ability:
Size Manipulation: Invisible Kid has the ability to manipulate the user's body to fit in small spaces, or unnatural contortions -- i.e a small hole in the wall, marker lids, subtle cracks in a wall, etc. Invisible kid is also capable of isolating specific body-parts into using the ability, further adding to its practicality. But, the user cannot fit in spaces of a 5 x 5 square millimeter radius or smaller. If Invisible Kid attempts to shrink more than 75% of its maximum limit, the user will experience serious nausea upon returning to normal size.
Independent Thought: Jack's stand is also capable of thinking semi-independently. Occasionally Invisible Kid will simply dissipate if Jack's intentions are morally wrong, leaving him bare. Or it will force Jack to take more practical routes in high-pressure situations, when Jack struggles to make decisions on his own. It can either be a blessing, or a curse for the user, depending on the situation. Invisible Kid is, at its core, suppressed feelings on Jack's part, that he feels he doesn't need. Invisible Kid is constantly trying to get through to him -- even simply refusing to activate just to teach Jack an important lesson.
Stand Type: Wearable Stand
Stand Stats:
POWER: B
SPEED: B
RANGE: E
DURABILITY: B
PRECISION: C
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL: C
Appearance: Invisible Kid is a suit with an iron aesthetic. The stand is scarlet and silver; with a silver lined diamond pattern overlapping the red base color, that continues to repeat across the body until it reaches the waist. The fists of Invisible kid are studded with hearts, while the fingertips are coiled like corkscrews, but can still manage to ball into fists with the help of subtle slots lined in the palms. The wrists are wrapped tightly with 2 strands of thin leather rope as well. Below the waist there is another constant of silver stripes which curl around the legs. And finally, the head is fitted like a hood, with featureless ears that sort of curl backwards, and two small holes for the eyes. There's also a mouth for it, which looks like an unnerving, wide grin, in the middle of being sown up by thread, which resembles coiled copper.