Father Stanley Lavern Cupper
Jun 29, 2014 17:11:56 GMT -5
Post by Father Stanley Cupper on Jun 29, 2014 17:11:56 GMT -5
Name: Stanley Lavern Cupper
Nickname: Father Cupper
Age: 59
Orientation: Celibate (Formerly Heterosexual)
Desired Rank/Job: Minister
Powers: Liquid Transmutation. Father Cupper is capable of taking any still liquid (Such as bottled, in a calm pond, etc.) and turning it into another type of the same volume. A favorite trick of his is to locate frat parties or the like and turn the kegs into apple juice or the like. The downside is this uses his own hydration to do so. Using this on small amounts, one gallon or less, leaves nothing worse than the feeling of a parched throat, but using it on greater quantities can push him to dehydration rapidly, greatest amount he ever tried was an Olympic swimming pool, and the doctor who saw him after that stated it seemed he went five days without drinking, prompting him to swear off trying that again. In addition, Stanley also needs to drink about twice as much as an average human to stay hydrated at all.
Play By: Brendan Gleeson.
Hair Color: Dirty blonde, turning white
Eye Color: Grey
Tattoos: None
Scars: One long one across his upper left thigh that leaves him with a notable limp. Skin grafts over his right bicep.
General Appearance: Father Cupper is a stout, patient looking man who walks with a pronounced limp, but carries himself with such self assurance that it doesn't seem a weakness. He keeps his beard trimmed neatly about his chin and his hair of moderate length, generally combed back. Most typically, he'll be clad in his priest garb.
Personality: Father Stanley is a friendly, verbose person, happy to talk to anyone about anything, be it religion, sports, the weather, or even modern technology, though he can sometimes steal the conversations if he gets into the topic, often running off on long winded tangents that can go into the bushes. Given his druthers, he'll always be available to talk, listen, or help as best he's able, but he does know his limits, and isn't too proud to go looking for someone better suited to solve a problem than himself. All this changes though, and often fast as a thunder-crack, if someone gets combative or abusive around him, at which point he will rouse a fury that could have laid waste to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Of note are his religious views.
First: He's very accepting of lifestyles that the church is less keen towards, such as worshiping other religions, or engaging in premarital, or extramarital relationships. That's not to say he agrees with or approves of such activities, but so long as they don't hurt anyone else, he's not going to try and shame people. If it is hurting someone, though, he's quick with a sharp tongue or even a right hook as the situation may call for.
Second: He believes that science is just an effort to understand God in a physical sense, and wholeheartedly supports many forms of technological advancements, even if he's not able to fully understand them all, and finds folks who look down on Stem Cell research and vaccinations to be silly to the point of detrimental.
Likes: Father Cupper loves people as a whole, and feels that each of them, weather they accept it or not, carries a mote of Gods love with them that aught be found and nurtured to the best of all ability.
In more secular terms, he very much loves meats and chocolates, which may have contributed to his build (Which he calls 'padded') and has a learned fondness for old BBC sitcoms, especially 'Waiting for God'.
Dislikes: Intolerance, plain and simple. Father Cupper knows full well the law as laid down in the Book of Leviticus, but also fully holds that the only one allowed to judge men is the Almighty Himself, and will not stand for people talking down to others for any reason. That said, he's also got a firm standard of respect, if you are of the pagan or gay persuasion, then he's all for it, but he'd very much appreciate you not waving around heathen symbols or necking in the house of God, thank you very much. Actually, the latter goes for straight couples to. These are sacred grounds, by thunder, have some respect.
Back in the realm of earthy weaknesses, he has an intense dislike for American Football, thinking that it takes the real impact out of... well... the impacts with all the padding the players wear. He also flat refuses to eat any Mexican food, with the notable exception of the occasional burrito from Taco Bell.
Strengths: Father Cuppers greatest strength is his strength. Despite a limp from a younger injury, and his advanced age, the old priest does his best to keep himself, in his own words, 'useful'. He's very fond of DIY projects and will often kill time by whittling wood into various objects or tinkering with cars, plumbing, wiring, anything that might keep him moving. As a result, he can be surprisingly strong, and is able to keep chugging on well after most others might need a break.
Weakness: His biggest weakness, conversely, is his age. So close to sixty, his rugged youth has finally caught up with him, giving him some joint pain in the mornings, or during especially cold weather, and his eyesight has begun to fade a bit, prompting him to start wearing glasses when he needs to read. On top of that, he has a difficult time keeping up with technologies anymore, and can get lost in his computer if someone asks him to do anything more complex than 'Minesweeper'.
Fears: Pyrophobia, due to an event years back, Father Cupper is intensely uncomfortable around all sources of open flame, and will even refuse to light candles in the church unless he's certain there's an extinguisher nearby.
Secret: When he was much younger, Father Cupper ran with a gang. It was a minor affair that led to a several nights in holding cells and his current scars, but he still see's the time as one of poor judgement and tries to put it from his mind, getting defensive if its brought up.
Father: Jack Cupper (Deceased)
Mother: Naida Cupper (79, in a retirement home in Dublin)
Siblings: Sarah and Erik Cupper (Younger by 2 and 4 years respectively.)
Other: He is quite fond of the eight nephews and nieces his siblings have given him (Leaving them undefined at the moment for future plot potential)
He also owns a teacup pig named Mort and an English bulldog named Bart.
History:
Had anyone told Stanley Cupper that he was going to grow into the priesthood as a young man growing up in Kilkee Ireland, he'd have laughed so loud the rafters would have shook, and punched you in the jaw, or flipped the order, who can say. No, he was the latest in a long line of fishers in the Cupper clan and damn proud of it, God can find some other sod who's time he can waste, all that changed during an unfortunate event in the winter of 1973.
Since the age of 15 when his powers manifested and he was sent to Kocher in Swizerland, (something he resents to this day) he became very popular with a gang of local toughs who saw him as a golden goose for the booze he was able to secure without ever getting I.D'd. Three years he spent with this little 'gang', really just a bunch of kids starting trouble because 'stick it to the man, right boys'.
One night, though, during a party in an abandoned fishing trolley up the coast, some dumb punk got rowdy and tossed a can of gasoline into the fire they were using to illuminate the site, causing a massive flare up that rapidly moved to ignite the deck. There was panic, pandemonium, everyone trying to get off at once, Stanley among them, but as he was rushing, he spotted a sock on the door of a nearby door, the sign that two of his friends were likely passed out stone drunk and tangled together. Rushing in as the flames spread, he found that to be entirely accurate, he moved quickly grabbing the girl and hauling her to shore before rushing back to get the boy despite the roaring flames. In the inferno, air thinning with smoke, he found the room again and grabbed his friend and started trying to carry him out, just as the floor gave way, plunging him into blackness.
He doesn't remember much after that, save nightmares of fire and pain, but when he woke in the hospital some days later to his father praying by the window, he was informed that in the fall, a rebar caught his leg, keeping him just out of range of a support beam that crashed next to him, though the heated metal still rested against his arm, searing a good deal of the skin, as the rest of the rubble fell somehow around rather than on him and his friend. Thinking of this over the month it took to recover, Stanley took this event to be a warning, and a chance, an opportunity by God to change his ways to a less self destructive path.
Over the next several years, he dedicated his life to God and went on to join and graduate All Hallows Seminary. From there, he spent some time travelling the world, tending to churches and the flock, trying to be a good man in hopes of putting a good face for both the church, and Meta's as a whole. Now, he's at Hammel, trying to take over the recently vacated church to help lessen accusations of witchcraft and rampant immorality that's begun to circulate in less tolerant regions of the world about facilities like Hammel.
Example:
Father Cupper walked up the steps to the Hammel Institute, taking a deep breath of the morning air as he hauled his luggage to the office. Father bless me. He thinks to himself, But this was certainly a place made for the young. Once inside, he has a brief word with the Secretary and gets directed to the Chapel which turns out to be a converted Greenhouse that's fallen out of use back in the gardening area of the school. "Cozy." he mutters to himself as he makes the sign of the cross before heading back to the tacked on office, Well, Father... He thinks, moving to get his desk situated as he likes it, You called me here, I just pray I'm up to the task.
Nickname: I'll just go with 'Stan' if you don't mind.
Age: Early 20's
Experience: About five to ten years.
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