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Jared Selroy
Topic Started: Apr 6 2013, 04:44 AM (163 Views)
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Name: Jared Selroy
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Faction: Civilians

Appearance: Jared is a tall and slender young man, standing at 6'1” and weighing 161 pounds. He has very dark brown hair, nearly black, that has grown to just above his shoulders. He keeps his fringe back with a simple black hairband. His eyes are hazel and he has a sharp, triangular jaw.

Jared tends to wear long sleeve shirts that don't have much detail to them as well as track suit pants or casual trousers, preferring lighter more comfortable clothing over style. His shoes will either be a casual pair with laces, or joggers.

Biography: Jared was born in Columbus, Ohio. He is the first of three children of parents Jennifer and Michael Selroy, having a younger brother and sister. As the older sibling, Jared felt quite pressured to be a role model for his brother and sister and was often the mediator between the two of them.

During his years at school, Jared was a fairly serious student, but friendly enough to earn himself a close circle of friends. He always maintained an A average across all his subjects. His devotion to his studies was influenced by his mother's position as a lecturer in criminal psychology at the Ohio State University. Though he enjoyed learning about his mothers field of work, his interests gravitated more towards child psychology.

Taught to swim at an early age, Jared maintained his swimming through high school and after. He wasn't particularly interested in the sport outside of his own participation and only continued because it helped keep him in shape. As a result, he has an above average level of fitness in terms of his cardio but was a little weak when it comes to his physical strength as he did little other physical activity.

At the age of 24, Jared moved to Brockton after acquiring a position as a child counselor for one of the local high schools. In Brockton, he met Julia Maywell who was a teacher at the school where he worked. After spending a year wooing her, the two of them started dating.

Two years into their relationship, Jared had every intention of marrying her but any plans he had were thrown into chaos when the Riverside Incident occurred. Jared quickly discovered he developed an ability and though he disliked that he had it, Jared was intrigued by the ability itself. He devoted some time into learning it's full capabilities and weaknesses. Because of his weaker strength, he struggled at first with the impact that the quicker travel left on his limbs, especially his legs. Over time, though, he became able to bear more strain and was able to handle higher limits of his ability.

Having acquired an ability, Jared knew his only way out would be through the military. He implored Julia to go on ahead of him, promising to meet her on the other side. Jared waited a few weeks before he considered turning himself into the military. He wanted to avoid linking Julia with him, as his ability could give the military a reason to detain her. However, as rumor started to spread about what the military did with those like him, Jared started to second guess himself.

He ended up going to the military anyway but being wary of them, left himself a trail he could use to pull himself out of harms way. Upon approaching the garrison, he tried to casually inquire about anyone who had come through recently before they took him away. When he was told that no one had come, Jared alarm bells kicked in. Either the military was lying or Julia was still within Brockton. When Jared changed his mind and the soldiers tried to detain him, he used his ability to escape using the trail of blood he left behind.

Currently, Jared has taken up residence within a house on the far edge of the inner city residences. He has made the house into his safe zone, scattering tiny sealed plastic containers of his blood throughout the house and around the immediate area, as well as for a number of escape paths. He used to fill these containers by cutting himself with a knife, until he found a couple of syringes along with some smaller plastic vials. Each day, he ventures out to confirm whether or not Julia is still within the city, speaking with the locals and gathering what information he can.

Power: Jared has the ability to use his own blood as an anchor with which he can pull his body towards. Where his blood touches is where he can pull himself towards. However, if his blood touches an object that is lighter then his body, the object will be pulled towards Jared instead.

How fast he can pull himself is dependent on the distance between his body and his external blood. The pull is barely effective at greater distances, only marginally increasing his speed until around the ten meter mark. At ten meters, his movement would be the same as his running speed. At three meters, the pull can be fast enough to be mistaken for teleportation.

Jared can only use his blood as an anchor when it is still wet. Once it had dried, it is useless. Whilst using his blood to transport himself, he is still affected by forces such as inertia. If he pulls too quickly, too many times, he can succumb to the effects of the G-force on his body. Also, Jared doesn't move through physical objects when he pulls himself along. While this can work to his advantage in some cases, it can also disadvantage him greatly.

Starting Belongings: A kitchen knife, 2 syringes and 8 small plastic vials of his own blood that he always keeps filled.
Edited by Cosmonologist, Apr 8 2013, 10:51 PM.
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With what does he fill the vials of blood? Does he have a syringe?

Also, does the blood have to be tethered to him, or can he zip to any pool of his own blood within range? Just a tad bit more clarification before we go ahead with Jared. He looks great, otherwise.
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Updated with the requested edits.
Edited by Cosmonologist, Apr 8 2013, 10:44 PM.
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