Hunter Jameson and Terrence Liam Park

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

The Basics

Name: Hunter Jameson Park and Terrence Liam Park
Nicknames: Terry, the Park twins
Age: 18
Orientation: Straight
Desired Rank/Job: Hammel Students
Powers: Gestalt Pair*- Individually, no powers. Together, they have average10 abilities. Super-strength and intelligence, and they act as one entity. This is an involuntary ability.

Side-effect includes the gradual loss of individuality. By the time they have total control over their power, they will be one entity shared between two bodies.
*I copied and pasted from here
Play By: Daeryong and Soryong Jung

The Details

Hair Color: Hunter- dyed blond with light blue; Terrence- brown
Eye Color: Brown
Any Piercings? None
Any Tattoos? None
Any Scars? None
General Appearance: The Park twins have round faces with a mischievous glint in their almond shaped brown eyes. On Hunter’s right side of his nose he has a little freckle. The both have strong, well-built, athletic bodies. Terrence’s hair is their natural brown color. Hunter on the other hand likes to dye his hair. Every now and again Hunter will let his hair be their natural color. Hunter stands at 6’03” and weighs 157 pounds. Terry stands at 6’06” and weighs 156 pounds.

The boys wear whatever they find comfortable. They are generally found wearing a t-shirt and jeans or basketball shorts. Although you’ll never find the two in exactly the same thing. If Hunter put on a white t-shirt then Terry would wear a red t-shirt for example.
Personality: Hunter doesn’t take things seriously. He treats things as a joke. He is the troublemaker in the family. He was always up to something. Hunter generally would do simply pranks like switching the Oreo cream filling with toothpaste. He also has a tendency to steal. Hunter’s favorite thing to steal is money. If Hunter is around keep a very close eye on your wallet. Because of Hunter’s trouble streak he is no stranger with punishments. He has been grounded, been in detention, his computer and TV privileges taken from him. Hunter never seems to learn though.

Terrence on the other hand is the complete opposite. He rarely got into trouble. He’s a caring friendly person. Out of the two Terry got the common sense. Terry would think things through and the possible out comes before jumping into something stupid. He has the reasonable and logical thinking. Terrence is greatly bothered by being a gestalt pair. The idea of losing himself and being his brother scares Terry. Hunter isn’t at all bothered by the change because he is remaining as himself. Hunter is fully aware of Terry’s inner conflict about the power.

Gestalt pair or not the Park twins share a love for sports. They enjoy the physical aspect of sports. Hunter and Terry are competitive. They will give a good fight for the victory. They are sore losers. They enjoy playing basketball and soccer. They also enjoy watching any sport.

Your Vices

Likes:
+Playing pranks
+Sports
+Horror movies
+Popcorn
+Milk
+Mom's cooking
Before manifesting
+Chocolate ice cream (Terry)
+Vanilla ice cream (Hunter)
Dislikes:
-School
-Authority figures
-Cleaning
-Being called "The twins"
-Vegetables
-Disinfection
-Medications
Before manifesting
-Chocolate ice cream (Hunter)
-Vanilla ice cream (Terry)
Strengths:
+Sports
+Pulling off pranks
Weaknesses:
-Common sense
-Befriending people
-Following directions
Fears:
-Doctors
-Hospital
Secret:
*Terry had his first kiss with Lilly-May

Family Ties

Father: Kei Park | plant manipulation | floor salesman | Hammel alumni
Mother: Amy Park | non-meta | librarian
Siblings: Christine Park | sister | 20 | non-meta | attending UVM
Any Other Important People: Perry | pit bull | the family dog
Kai Park | uncle – dad’s side | photosynthesis | bank teller | Hammel alumni
Camille Alistair | ex-aunt | non-meta | lawyer
Lilly-May Park | cousin | 17 | non-meta | has a thing for Terrence
Joshua Park | cousin | 14 | non-meta | does not like his cousins Hunter

History

In Littleton, New Hampshire, on June 10, 1997, the Park twins were born. At 3:34 pm Hunter Jameson Park was born. Seven minutes later, at 3:41 pm, Terrence Liam Park was born. They each weighed about 5.5 pounds. Hunter and Terrence lived with their mother, father, and older sister. Five years later another addition to the family came. Perry the puppy pit bull came to live with the Parks.

When the boys entered elementary school, Hunter and Terry were placed in two different classes. This way the boys were able to have some time away from each other. They also were able to develop their own individual personalities. This plan did work. Hunter had developed his troublemaker personality and Terry developed his friendly personality.

Terry made friends with his peers while Hunter was getting himself into trouble. Little second grader, Hunter, liked a girl in his class. It was a little kid puppy crush. Any adult who noticed would think it was cute that Hunter had a little crush. His little kid logic told him that it was okay to flip her skirt up. Of course his little kid logic was wrong. She ended up crying and Hunter had a talk with his teacher about it is not nice to do that.

The next day the little girl’s older brother, who was two years older, cornered innocent Terry on the play structure. At that point in time it was down right impossible to tell Hunter and Terry apart. Terry kept insisting that he didn’t flip the girl’s skirt. Hunter spotted his brother in trouble and went to his rescue. The older boy and Hunter started to shove each other. In the end the older boy fell off the play structure and hurt his arm. It was an accident. Hunter didn’t mean to push the boy off the play structure and hurt his arm. Hunter and Terry had a serious talk with their teachers and their parents.

When the boys were 9 years old, a change came that the boys had to adjust to. Their Uncle Kai and their cousins, Lilly-May and Joshua, came to live with the Parks. Their older sister, Chrissie, shared her room with 8 years old cousin, Lilly-May. Hunter and Terry had to share their room with their 5 years old cousin, Joshua. With their new roommate Hunter had someone new to constantly pick on. Little Joshua didn’t like it one bit.

Terry had his first kiss when he was eleven years old. He was in his bedroom waiting for Hunter to finish his shower when Lilly came into his bedroom. Lilly had a crush on Terry and wanted him to know. Both still being young kids they still had some kid logic. They see the parents kissing. Lilly kissed Terry. She had pushed his lips against Terry’s. And that was that, just a little peck on the lips. Before the kiss Terry never really thought of his cousin. After the kiss Terry was unsure of his feelings towards Lilly. Terry never told Hunter about the kiss. It remained a secret between Terry and Lilly-May (until their powers manifested and they started to become one).

Towards the end of seventh grade was when things started to change for the Park twin without them realizing it yet. Their gestalt pair power had manifested. Hunter’s grades were good to start with so it wasn’t a surprise when his teacher told his parents that Hunter needed to attend summer school or repeat seventh grade. What did surprise his parents was when Terry’s grades dropped. Terry was also in the same situation as his brother. Terry didn’t want Hunter to be alone in summer school so Terry let his grades drop. Or that at least that was his parents’ theory to explain Terry’s grades.

The Park twins noticed something wasn’t right when they were 13 years old. They just had their birthday two days ago. It was a hot summer day and Hunter and Terry went to get some ice cream. Terry liked chocolate and Hunter liked vanilla. They were happily eating their ice creams when they noticed something strange. They both were eating vanilla ice cream. Terry never ate vanilla ice cream. Terry simply explained it as Hunter wanted vanilla and he wanted vanilla. The Park twins thought it strange, but they pushed the incident aside and didn’t give it another thought, until a few days later.

Hunter came up with the prefect prank to pull on his brother. Joshua was out of the house so Terry was going to get it. Hunter went to his shared room to set up the prank. When he opened the door, he got his prank launched at him. Terry was on the bed crackling like a hyena. Hunter wanted to know how Terry came up with his idea. Terry explained it that twins naturally have telepath connections.

The next day a stranger came to the house. The stranger introduced himself as a recruiter from The Hammel Institute. The recruiter explained that Hunter and Terry were a gestalt pair. And that would explain the changes in Terry. Hunter and Terrence went to Pilot Ridge, Vermont, to attend at The Hammel Institute.

The Park twins reentered the seventh grade when they came to Hammel because summer school didn’t go as according to plan as their parents hoped for. Not only did Hunter and Terry had to adjust to living at Hammel but also adjust to being a gestalt pair. Hunter was still up to his pranks and thefts. As Terry became more like Hunter Terry would join in the fun. Their grades weren’t the best but somehow they managed to get to junior year in high school. They just have to finish up their junior year and get through senior year then they will be free from school.

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What About You?

Name: Doro
Age: Late teens
Experience: I have experience in roleplaying
How Did You Find Us? I jumped through the ring of fire and there you were
Ready To Play? I'm going to try to play a gestalt pair.

[Admin!]

Good Start!

Doro, it is good to see another character from you, but Hunter and Terry need a few edits before they can be accepted for play.

An over-arching theme with the edits in this application is their synchronization. Gestalt pairs have an unconscious ability, rather than a conscious one. The synchronization happens whether they want to have it or not, and much of the training focuses on helping them adjust to the synchronization process. When synchronization happens, they become one person over two bodies, and any differences between them disappear. This can take two forms: 1) One person's personality completely subsumes the other, so that they would be either Hunter or Terry in essence, or 2) they become a merger of the two personalities, but it is the same over the two of them. Moreover, a fully synchronized gestalt pair finds it painful to be separated physically; it is not merely a preference to be around one another. Instead, the physical separation is like being torn apart. I want to lay this out explicitly before getting into the rest of the review.

As a result of what I outlined, I need to ask how synchronized are they? I can't get a feel from this in the application, because they are all over the place, although they are 18. I know that they were held back academically, but that would have nothing to do with their synchronization. Please clarify this in the application, either in the power section after you describe the power, in the personality section, or at the end of the history section.

While we are on the subject of the history section, I have a few additional notes: 1) Powers do not run in families. It isn't unheard of for members of the same family to have similar powers, or even the same powers, but they don't run in families; nearly all of the time, meta-humans in the same family will have different powers. You attribute this several times in the application, including both 1) the expectation that their sister will have plant manipulation, and 2) surprise that they don't. All of that narration should be removed completely.

Next, it can be very difficult to come up with a good way to show their powers manifesting with gestalt pairs. It's a subtle power at first, and I like the ice cream story. That said, you later mention that they had manifested "a while ago" but it took Hammel so long to find them. You don't clarify when "a while ago" was, but Hammel employs recruiters who can sense manifestation, and so please keep in mind that they would have been found within two weeks time and clarify it in the application.

If they manifested at thirteen, then they have been at Hammel for five years. Please expand on their time at Hammel, since it has been nearly 1/3 of their lives. I get that they're pranksters and trouble makers, but what else have their lives been life? How have they coped with their power, knowing that they will cease to exist as individuals? This should weigh on them.

My last note is minor: in the appearance section, please expand it a bit, perhaps explain how they dress or carry themselves, so that I can get a better image of them.

Once you've made those changes, please bump your application so that staff can give it another look.

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

1) Bump
2) I added more to their appearance section.
3) I changed their personalities some so I think it now works better.
4) I added to your vices section.
5) I've made all the changes that I was asked change or add more too.
6) I did focus more on how and when their power manifested.

[Admin!]

Accepted!

You know what to do! Have fun!