Eric Marcellus Tenebron

[Eric Tenebron]

The Basics

Name: Eric Marcellus Tenebron
Nicknames: Freakshow, Tenebron
Age: 17
Orientation: Asexual
Desired Rank/Job: Student
Powers: Shadow Form: Tenebron can assume the form of a shadow and can move as a shadow. As a shadow he can move across a solid continuous surfaces and between objects/surfaces as long as there is some connection between them (i.e. He cant move from a bench to a nearby chair unless he slides down the chair and across the floor first.) This motion takes place in two dimensions, making him effectively a part of whatever surface he's on, which renders him vulnerable to any damage done to the object hes on, as well completely incapable of manipulating any physical object.  
He cannot jump from one surface to surface nor can he move over water or into direct sunlight, he also cannot take the form in pure darkness, as either of the latter two conditions immediately revert him to human form. Additionally, he can only maintain the shadow form for up to thirty minuets on a stretch, but when he turns human again, he must stay in that form for five minuets for every one he spent immaterial.
Side effects include photosensitivity and fatigue. His eyes are very sensitive to light, with direct sunlight typically being the most harmful, but any sudden or bright lights can cause temporary blindness and disorientation. In addition, because his eyes are so sensitive to light, unless he's in a pitch black room, he has a difficult time entering full REM sleep, leaving him more or less perpetually sleepy.
Play By:Jason Gordon-Livett

The Details

Hair Color:Black
Eye Color: black eyes
Any Piercings? no
Any Tattoos? no
Any Scars? One around each wrist, a burn scar on his chest, several across his back, and one above his right eyebrow, from the middle going up to his hairline.
General Appearance: Tenebron stands at about 5’10” and has a very streamlined body that borders between lean-fit and malnourished skinny. He keeps his hair long and messy, doesn’t do much with it other than sweeping it back out of his eyes; no conditioner, no brushing, he doesn’t care. His skin is very pale, classic of one who avoids the outdoors and sunlight as much as possible. His mouth generally settles into a very neutral expression with a slight superficial smirk, however his eyes are constantly on the move taking in his surroundings, watching the people around him, and making sure he has a clear escape route from wherever he is situated.

Because of his power, Tenebron’s dress tends to completely cover him, exposing as little skin as possible, even to the point of wearing gloves, which doubles as a barrier between handshakes. He is always wearing a slightly oversized sweatshirt that cuffs at the wrists and is long enough so that it does not show off the skin on his back when he leans forward, favoring whites or light colors whenever possible. Pants, never shorts, are always long and fitted, yet loose enough to allow movement such as running. Running shoes are his usual footwear, and whenever he ventures out of his room, he will always wear a hooded jacket and sunglasses to protect his face and eyes from the sun.

Personality: When comfortable, Tenebron is a very nice person albeit a bit of an introvert and rather soft-spoken. He’s inquisitive, he likes to pursue knowledge, especially the kind that is completely oppositional to the environment in which he was raised. He enjoys listening to people and will often listen in to other people’s conversations when sitting in the same room, only adding to it when he feels there is something to add or when spoken to directly. He’s the kind of conversationalist that doesn’t interrupt or interject, and allows the other person to complete their train of thought before playing devil’s advocate on their passionate opinions, regardless if he agrees with them or not.

Unfortunately, because of his past, there are situations where he would be uncomfortable which makes him less of a nice guy; crowds, people invading his personal space, being verbally threatened or degraded will put him on edge. While on edge, he will become verbally aggressive and will actively try to move himself away from the situation, to the point of roughly shoving the offending person out of the way. If prevented from running, such as by being cornered or followed, that’s when he will lash out physically, quickly, and brutally until given a chance to run and hide.

He is a gifted student, usually averaging As to Bs in most of his classes, excluding anything resembling agriculture, because fuck plants. He also does his best to keep to himself, staying out of groups projects, even when assigned partners in class he will offer to do the whole assignment himself, ensuring that the partner still gets credit. Tenebron spends much of his time in the library or the music room, or working out in isolated areas.

Your Vices

Likes:
Kindles
Computers in general
Music mixing
Violin
Working out
Learning
Reading
Practicing what he’s learned
Cadbury Cream Eggs
Dancing

Dislikes:
People touching him
Dub step
People talking shit about him
People talking shit about his friends
Salads
Religious people, especially bigots
Vegetables
Mistreatment of books
Cats
Flash Photography
Public transporation

Strengths:
Music
Computers
Cooking
Finding information/Research

Weaknesses:
Social interactions
Dancing
Anything involving botany
Not looking like the creepy guy who is about to start a school shooting

Fears:
People
Crowds
Being touched
Aglets - the little plastic things at the end of shoelaces; they contain radioactive isotopes that the government uses to track you
Ducks - they are a disturbing and disgusting race

Secret: His scars came from an oppressive incident at his hometown soon after he manifested, he doesn’t want anybody to know about those or where they came from.

Family Ties

Father: Jonathan Cupper (Estranged)
Mother: Sarah Cupper (Estranged)
Siblings: Angela Cupper (Estranged)
Any Other Important People:Zeek the hunting dawg (Back home, not in the dorms)

History

Up until Tenebron’s powers manifested, he was an average farm boy from a rural town in Texas. He was a bright boy, albeit shy, and so was a bit isolated from his peers. His quiet existence was completely shattered the year he turned 13 and his powers manifested. Once his highly religious, and anti meta parents discovered his abilities, roughly twenty hours after emergence, they declared him possessed and decided that he needed to be exorcised. The affair was… trying, and lasted for almost thirty nine hours, leading to the many scars now borne upon his body. Fortunately, however, he managed to reflexively activate his power, allowing him to slip his bonds and escape the… ministrations of his zealous family and fled into the woods. He spent about three days in deep hiding to prevent himself from being reclaimed, until on the fourth day he was finally found, weak from hunger, fear, and infection by a Hammel recruiter who “coaxed” him into accepting their “offer” of patronage.

After waking up in the Hammel infirmary, spending a few weeks returning to the realm of health, and having many very long conversations with the school psychiatrist, he decided to stay at this apparently safe place, or rather, to make no effort to escape, if for no other reason than to advance his own learning.

In the four years since then, he has strived to be the best student he can be, taking as wide a variety of classes and extracurricular activities as possible, and putting his full attention to each. Naturally, there are quite a few new things that bit him, namely agriculture, veterinary, and dancing to name a few, but he refuses to let up, his goal is to one day educate his heritage away.

Roleplay Example

Isabelle watched the doting monster carefully, waiting for an attack, while holding a mask of gratitude that bordered on love for her saivior. The elder woman seemed distracted, filled with some sort of longing that was overriding even the all consuming hunger her kind was chained with. Isabelle searched her mind, pondering what it could be... A child… she finally decided, This one had a child before it was turned… she gave a happy smile to the night walker as she snuggled deeper into the blanket, I can work with that.

She actually was feeling much better, and offered an emphatic nod to her rescuer, "Yes ma'am... thank you." she looks around for her clothing, "I have not many possessions, but I did keep a pouch of money on me. If it could secure me lodging until the storm has passed, it is yours." she gives the hunter a look of heartbroken pleading as she makes her request.

What About You?

Name: Barrow Lord
Age: Early 20s
Experience: Couple years
How Did You Find Us? PheliCat
Ready To Play? A-YUP!

[Dryope *]

NEEDS WORK
This application needs some adjusting to fit in with Hammel canon.

Firstly the power needs some work. He can't be a shadow of unlimited size and merge with other shadows in order to mimic and ride along or be virtually invulnerable. He needs more limitations to the power itself. Additionally, he needs more and better side effects. The photosensitivity is fine in itself, but the "severe second degree burns" reads like a vampire, not a meta-human. He also must cast a shadow since all meta-humans pass as baseline humans and he would not be able to affects physics. How long can he stay a shadow?

Second, as per the FAQ he can't have a dog on campus. Very small, caged animals are allowed as pets and that is all, given that this is a boarding school dorm he lives in.

Third, the personality needs some explanation. I understand that he suffers from PTSD (more on that later) but from the description you've given it sounds like he may become unhinged.

Now the history. I am sure that you read the FAQ and are aware that many religious communities consider meta humans to be blessed by God. Some have different opinions, of course, and it isn't out of the question that they would react poorly to finding a meta human in their midst. But please be aware that this site is set in a very close parallel to the real world. And so unless his community was actually a hidden cult, they are operating with other people who don't agree with them. And while meta humans don't have protected status in this case it doesn't matter because assault and kidnapping are still crimes, and even the fanatics who discuss the pros and cons of stoning people to death don't typically make assaults a community affair given the high risk that some member of the church will turn you in for committing a crime. Even the people who promote what is essentially child abuse and claim it is the proper way to discipline have the sense to advise anyone following their rules to not tell anyone that is what you are doing. Obviously some people do, in fact, suffer from assault, but again. The community nature is unlikely. Now, facing prejudice in the form of microaggressions or even bullying is entirely likely! However. It reads as if you tossed religion and Texas into your character's history as a gloss for having a bad childhood.

In regards to his time at Hammel. Okay, first of all the hiding. Given the nature of his manifestation he wouldn't have been able to hide for as long as you have him hiding. Additionally, newly manifested meta humans don't have the control necessary to spend five whole days blanketing themselves in shadows, which seeks to be the subtext.

Why did he wake up in the infirmary? If you are implying the recruiter used violence on him then lease be advised this would not happen.

Hammel attendance is mandatory for all meta humans so he wouldn't be given a choice.

Hammel deals severely with bullying, and many of the other students have been outcasts from their families as well. There is no way that he would be targeted such that he has a self-taught version of martial arts to counter-act it. Such a skill would need to be claimed under strengths, along with an explanation of how he learned such a thing at 17, given that Hammel has an actual self-defense club that teaches actual, real rather than made up, martial arts. Also, we are not a combat site and we aren't a site that uses code names. Unless Freakshow is meant to be a pejorative the other students refer to him by, which will need further explanation as he isn't in power or history particularly freakier than other students.

When you've edited just bump this app and staff will take another look!

[Eric Tenebron]

Would it be possible to get with you on Chatango at some point to hammer this out, spare us a stream of miscommunications? Im free for the next forty five minuets from the posting of this, and all day tomorrow, so feel free to set a time.

[Eric Tenebron]

Alright, bumping because I think I got all of the character corrections hammered out, didn't touch the powers though. If I could get Seanneville to be so kind as to sit down with me on that at some point to hammer out exactly whats wrong with the power as it reads, that would be very much appreciated.
For now, just lemme know if I forgot any changes in the history.

[Eric Tenebron]

And bumping a second time for the powers being done

[Lugia *]

Pending

This application is not being ignored, but will be reviewed after a staff discussion.

[Dryope *]

Not Quite

This is much better, but the hiding still needs to be cut down. The longer timeline for being found is for students who don't realia they've manifested because their power is so subtle. Also, it seems unlikely he would gain so much control of his power with no training and after being tortured for almost two days.

Now to reiterate, Hammel has a martial arts club and this self taught thing is not going to fly. If he's being bullied and he's also in touch with the counselor (and he would be on the list due to his history of abuse) then the bullying would be known and the bullies punished. Also reiterating that he doesn't have a choice about attending, so he can comply but that isn't precisely the same as deciding to stay.

Additionally, staff request another side effect for the power. Perhaps fatigue? It is simple enough.

[Eric Tenebron]

Hows that?

Also, his 'deciding to stay' is probably better defined as 'Im not going to try and run' over 'I accepted the application forms'. Not really sure how to word that on the app, but Im open to suggestions.

[Lugia *]

Almost!

Hey Barrow (can I call you that?)

This looks good, but if you could put the "will not try to run" aspect in the application, that will help clarify for anyone reading in the future.

Also, Eric has now been here for four years. What's he been doing during that time?

Bump when you've made the edits or feel free to PM a staff member with any questions!

[Eric Tenebron]

Built a better bump, I hope.

[Lugia *]

Accepted!

Thanks for your patience. Welcome to the Hammel Institute! Go do your CLAIMS and have fun!