Post by GingerDixie on Jul 19, 2012 22:58:19 GMT -5
Name: Cody Burbank
Age: 35
Occupation: Former police officer/Social Worker
Manifestation: Manifest of Hand. His power is limited solely to everything pertaining to computers and their data, from instantaneously writing or scrambling code, hacking, and creating viruses...all with just a single touch. He can also store data from one computer (or anything else with a central processor) and transfer it to another, almost like a living flash drive.
Personality: Bold and brash, with just a touch of charming thrown in. Cody's personal specialty is dealing with social situations, and consequently, he is the perfect match for the deranged Craig Thuleander; whose affliction keeps him from emoting and communicating properly with normal people. As such, he's become his Guardian of sorts and was even willing to share his general-practice Doctor that was provided for Cody by the Institute...before Cody realized that Craig needed his own personal Doctor if were to survive for much longer.
Skills: Physically strong, fast, and a good shot with a gun (he was a cop before he was struck with the Fissure).Thankfully, the only sort of gun that he carries outside of the home he shares with Craig is one loaded with mild tranquilizer darts, just in case his charge gets too out of hand. He's a smooth talker; many people say that he could "charm the devil out of his pitchfork".
Equipment: A smartphone enhanced with his Manifested abilities, a pistol-size tranq gun and a 15,000 volt tazer. The tranq gun is for Craig and the tazer is for his own self-defense.
Background: Ever since Cody Burbank was a little boy, he'd wanted to be a policeman, just like his father. Even when the sky fell around the time he was 10 years old and his parents were the first in his family to go, he swore as he fled to Quarantine with his older brother and sister, that one day he would wear a badge and make his father proud.
And that he did.
Ever since joining the New Lancaster police force at 19 years of age, Cody had always been exposed to the new institutions put in place by the Fissure. Some of the police's first jobs was to assist the Social Workers in containing and controlling the Manifested population, and did he ever enjoy it. He was doing the community a huge favor by making sure these people with their weird afflictions were kept separate from the healthy ones, that the spread of this horrid curse would stop...then one night, he found a 18-year-old homeless boy, cowering in the shadows of a filthy alleyway, wracked with a migraine so severe his words were nearly incomprehensible. Cody called for backup, but by the time the Social Workers had arrived, there was a blinding burst of light in Cody's eyes, followed by painfully loud static that Officer Burbank could both see and hear. This occurence, one of Craig's first "spam-outs", was his most powerful attack; it was so powerful, that it knocked Cody into a coma for several days.
He awoke in the Institute to find that the Fissure had been transferred to him during Craig's attack, but the cure was administered and the infection settled itself in his right hand, causing scarring that, while not limiting the movement of the hand, decreased its feeling. However, with this hand he found he could manipulate raw data streams, from normal desktops to security systems and supercomputers. Unable to work as a policeman anymore Cody left the force for the Institute, becoming a Social Worker and taking Craig under his wing. They've lived together ever since, but due to Cody's often late nights and Craig's euclid condition, there's always excitement to be had on his end.
Appearance: Caucasian, tall and muscular, as he still retains his physique from his police days. He has black hair that's cut in a high-and-tight style, green eyes, and often wears a casual shirt and tie (which is often red because it's his favorite color) with black pants. He has long sideburns and a strip of beard on his chin. Again, I would draw a picture, but I have neither the time nor the motivation.
Age: 35
Occupation: Former police officer/Social Worker
Manifestation: Manifest of Hand. His power is limited solely to everything pertaining to computers and their data, from instantaneously writing or scrambling code, hacking, and creating viruses...all with just a single touch. He can also store data from one computer (or anything else with a central processor) and transfer it to another, almost like a living flash drive.
Personality: Bold and brash, with just a touch of charming thrown in. Cody's personal specialty is dealing with social situations, and consequently, he is the perfect match for the deranged Craig Thuleander; whose affliction keeps him from emoting and communicating properly with normal people. As such, he's become his Guardian of sorts and was even willing to share his general-practice Doctor that was provided for Cody by the Institute...before Cody realized that Craig needed his own personal Doctor if were to survive for much longer.
Skills: Physically strong, fast, and a good shot with a gun (he was a cop before he was struck with the Fissure).Thankfully, the only sort of gun that he carries outside of the home he shares with Craig is one loaded with mild tranquilizer darts, just in case his charge gets too out of hand. He's a smooth talker; many people say that he could "charm the devil out of his pitchfork".
Equipment: A smartphone enhanced with his Manifested abilities, a pistol-size tranq gun and a 15,000 volt tazer. The tranq gun is for Craig and the tazer is for his own self-defense.
Background: Ever since Cody Burbank was a little boy, he'd wanted to be a policeman, just like his father. Even when the sky fell around the time he was 10 years old and his parents were the first in his family to go, he swore as he fled to Quarantine with his older brother and sister, that one day he would wear a badge and make his father proud.
And that he did.
Ever since joining the New Lancaster police force at 19 years of age, Cody had always been exposed to the new institutions put in place by the Fissure. Some of the police's first jobs was to assist the Social Workers in containing and controlling the Manifested population, and did he ever enjoy it. He was doing the community a huge favor by making sure these people with their weird afflictions were kept separate from the healthy ones, that the spread of this horrid curse would stop...then one night, he found a 18-year-old homeless boy, cowering in the shadows of a filthy alleyway, wracked with a migraine so severe his words were nearly incomprehensible. Cody called for backup, but by the time the Social Workers had arrived, there was a blinding burst of light in Cody's eyes, followed by painfully loud static that Officer Burbank could both see and hear. This occurence, one of Craig's first "spam-outs", was his most powerful attack; it was so powerful, that it knocked Cody into a coma for several days.
He awoke in the Institute to find that the Fissure had been transferred to him during Craig's attack, but the cure was administered and the infection settled itself in his right hand, causing scarring that, while not limiting the movement of the hand, decreased its feeling. However, with this hand he found he could manipulate raw data streams, from normal desktops to security systems and supercomputers. Unable to work as a policeman anymore Cody left the force for the Institute, becoming a Social Worker and taking Craig under his wing. They've lived together ever since, but due to Cody's often late nights and Craig's euclid condition, there's always excitement to be had on his end.
Appearance: Caucasian, tall and muscular, as he still retains his physique from his police days. He has black hair that's cut in a high-and-tight style, green eyes, and often wears a casual shirt and tie (which is often red because it's his favorite color) with black pants. He has long sideburns and a strip of beard on his chin. Again, I would draw a picture, but I have neither the time nor the motivation.
