Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 22:31:23 GMT -5
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Full Name: Benjamin Dent
Codename Popsicle
Nicknames: Deep Freeze, Pops, Ben, Benny
Gender: Male
Age: Physically 17, Chronologically 67
D.O.B. July, 28, 1947
Species: Homo superior
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Occupation: Student
Canon or Original: Original
Mutations:
Cryogenesis-
Benjamin has an interesting form of this ability that manifests itself in a small variety of ways. To the simplest extent, he is able to generate ice from his body by means of touch. The ice begins to form on his body, and he is then able to spread this across surfaces by touching them, or freeze objects that he grasps in his hands. Unlike normal Cryogenesis, his form of ice takes on unique qualities of its own. The ice is a deep purple in colour, and has an unmistakeable scent and taste of berries. This is acheived through a special coolant that his body releases naturally through his pores. Instead of freezing general water vapor to acheive freezing, or the formation of ice constructs the coolant mixes with it instead, whether upon grasping the object itself, or taking on a gaseous form in which it would mix itself with surrouding vapor. This occurs in the distance of roughly a meter.
Cryogenic Hibernation-
This power itself is more so the ability to survive being frozen, rather than the power to freeze himself. Using his Cryogenesis, he is able to encase himself in ice, perfectly preserving his body in time. Benjamin experiences no passing time between being frozen, and being thawed out. There is a set time limit between the time that he is frozen, before he begins to thaw out again unless affected by an external force, such as extreme heat, and strong concussive force or pressure. Remaining in cold temperatures while frozen will also cause him to remain frozen, until there is a change in the temperature around him, that would cause him to thaw out. Benjamin is also cold-blooded, which makes it much easier to freeze himself.
Minor Temporal Cognition-
While Benjamin himself does not experience a change in time when he is frozen, physically or mentally, his body does recognize that time has passed. This is how he is capable of unconsciously manipulating his temperature at the end of the pre-determined time for being frozen. As well as this, he is aware of the precise amount of time that pass between specific events. Given the fact that he knows what time it was when that event occurred, he can obviously tell what time it is in the present moment without the use of a watch, or using other clues(i.e. sun's position) In a sense he has a perfect internal clock, and can subconsciously measure time.
Classification: Delta
Equipment: Benjamin has few items of importance that he keeps with him. One that he does carry is a metal bat. Carrying a bat became a habit after he reached junior high school, and the other kids started working out more. This one in particular has the phrase "ICE IT," written along the side with a permanent marker.
Uniform: His uniform is not exactly a uniform at all. Benjamin wears clothes, generally, that were common in his time period. Brown, or gray suit jackets and a fedora...As simple as that. This clothing makes him feel more comfortable, and secure so it would be rare for him to wear anything else. As a means to reflect his new found affiliation, however, he has purchased a button with an "X" symbol on it that he pins to his clothing.
Skills:
Lying-He is an incredibly exceptional liar, a skill that he picked up through years of running his mouth and paying close attention to his own body language, and tone of voice when speaking. While it would be near impossible to trick anyone with powers related to detecting lies, this talent is far above average and he takes pride in that fact.
Running-Years of escaping from people that he has pissed off, and summer training with his father has given him wonderful form when running, and the physique of a track star. Though this talent is wasted mostly on running away from his insecurities, or angry boyfriends.
Hiding-To a similar extent, he has become very proficient at finding places to hide. He is very familiar with his own body, as well as being aware enough of his surroundings to quickly find an effective hiding spot in a stressful situation.
Decent Marksmanship-At the very least he is capable of properly shooting a gun, as his father taught him a lot about firearms as he grew up. Though there could be room for improvement.
Weaknesses: Quick to run away from a problem, not phyiscally strong, has difficulty making friends, incapable of controlling certain impulse(runs his mouth early and often)
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Motivation, and Why: Unlike many people alive, there is nothing really motivating the young man. Everyone that he has ever known is either dead, or old...and whether or not he is technically sixty-nine years old, he has no desire to socialize with a bunch of old men and women. If anything is motivating him now it would be the fact that he needs to become a proper member of the new society surrounding him. Make new friends, discover new ways to use his powers, and try to understand all of the new developments.
Loyalty: X-Institute...As long as they are offering something good.
Physical Appearance:
Benjamin stands at roughly 5'10", and weighs 147 pounds. He has a thin build, and his body is structured similarly to a marathon runner. While he was growing up his father would make him spend his summers exercising, which managed to keep him lean, and gave him strong leg muscles. However, it is obvious that he is not very physically strong. Nothing about him comes off as intimidating. As a matter of fact, for the people that don't know Benjamin, or have not seen his usual antics he would appear to be a very positive person. Always a skip in his step, and a smile on his face. Though this is usually either just an act, or he just finished publically humiliating someone.
Benjamin has brown eyes, and light brown hair that he keeps in the long pompadour style, as a tribute to James Dean. He isn't necessarily the most attractive person, but this is mostly because people discover how obnoxious he is. Ben has fair white skin, and tries to stay out of the sun very often in order to avoid his skin burning. As mentioned before he feels more comfortable wearing clothing that reflects his time period. Mostly commonly he will wear suit jackets, gray or brown, and a fedora. Though this isn't entirely unusual he does manage to get quite a few looks from other people around him.
History:
Benjamin Dent was born in 1947, smelling distinctly of berries. This fact along with his abnormally cold body should have shown that he was different, but it was disregarded. He would have been born to two completely normal parents, however, his biological mother died of pneumonia shortly after he was born. This left him with his father who was exceptionally hard on him. Growing up he had a tendency to get into a lot of fights in school, because of his 'playful' nature. This was followed by his father punishing him even though he was usually the loser of said altercations. Perhaps that was the reason why.
As he got older, his father was hard on him going so far as to call him a wimp. His father had been through WWII, and it was a big deal to him that his son turned out to be a strong person. That obviously wasn't going to happen, because as Benjamin got older he disliked his father more which lead to him becoming a self-involved, and rude person. This only made his father more upset with him, and their relationship became incredibly strained.
Once he turned seventeen he was sick of being called a wimp by his father. Figuring that he would prove a point he enlisted in the army with the thought that he could drop out if things got out of hand. Instead of being proud, once he told , his father the news, things only got worse. He told Benjamin that someone as stupid, and worthless as himself would probably ruin the very foundation of what the U.S. Army stood for. It was evident that their relationship wouldn't get any better, and to make matters worse, there was the Vietnam War. Benjamin had definitely chosen a terrible time to join. On August 4th, President Johnson announced that U.S ships had been attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, and this was followed by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. As it became clear to Ben that he might actually go to war, he decided that he didn't want to die for his country. They would be entering a war that didn't involve them.
Being a wimp to the core, he decided that he'd run away, and go to another country.
He packed his things, and made his way to a shipyard. Sneaking aboard one of the ships, the young man hid amongst various crates. However, little did he know, the ship was transporting frozen goods, and he just so happened to stumble into the freezer aboard the ship not noticing the cold at first. Once he saw that parts of his skin had actually frosted over, his body froze itself as a natural reaction to the stimuli...but this would be more hindering than helpful.
After the cargo was unloaded he ended up stuck in one of the crates, and sent to an ice cream shoppe, in New York. The man who owned it had overstocked, and pushed the crate, without remorse into the far back of the freezer where most of the stuff was expired. If that man wasn't such a bad businessman then he would have found the corpse of poor Benjamin, trapped in the back of that freezer, but alas, with the nearly fifty more years of business the poor teenager was trapped there, perfectly preserved.
However, after that time had passed the business ended in a terrible fire...A fire that not only burned down the building, but heated the freezer enough to thaw out Benjamin. For a moment he was groggy, but after he was conscious enough he realized that he was still in a freezer. Though for some reason he felt as if much more time had passed than just a night. The firemen attempted to stop him as he made his way out, but he outran them, and tried to figure out what was going on. At first he was under the impression, that he was in some other country, but all of the cars looked much too different for that to be the case. Then he concluded...That he must have traveled through time. That meant that he had superpowers.
Sadly it took him a long time to realize that his super power was not time manipulation. Not only did he struggle to understand exactly what was going on in the world around him, he struggled for a few weeks trying to figure out what his power actually was. It wasn't until he found an newspaper about an ice cream shop that had caught fire, tha he drew the conclusion that he had actually travelled through time in the same sense...He realized that he could not only encase himself in ice, but he could choose how long he would remain in the ice, and even manage to freeze other things by touching them. Though it was a shorter amount of time that it took him to realize that he was not the only one with talents like his... He was found by the Institute, which was the start of a whole new adventure.
RP Sample:
Benjamin walked down the street, and tried to take in the scenery. Large buildings, with billboards, and a ridiculous amount of technological devices. It was all a lot to take in, but he couldn't shake the thought, that this would was a lot more colorful than his own. His clothing reflected that. The dull, gray suit, and his gray fedora, with the black bow, made him seem incredibly out of place, in this shining world. It was night time, and it was as if the sun had never went down.
“This is pretty nifty,” He let out a low whistle, and looked through the windows of each building.”It's almost like the planet got dolled up, and went out for a date, for the first time in a while.”
He wasn't entirely sure what to do, but he noticed something as people were walking around. There were yellow cars, that seemed to be everywhere, and people were getting into them. Perhaps one of them would give him a ride, too? Walking to the side of the street, he waved his hand in the air, and tried to get their attention...but it wasn't really working out. Somehow an elderly woman down the street got on to stop, and as she was putting her bag in the car, he ran at top speed, and knocked her out of the way. He, and his suitcase of clothes had the right away.
”Sorry lady...You have to be this young to get a ride”
Pointing at himself, as he said this, and motioning for the driver to go. The enigmatic teen, set his feet on the back of the passenger's seat, and smiled at the driver, as he shot him a dirty look. Benjamin couldn't help but wonder, how much patience the man actually had, and then decided that finding out would be his goal for the day.
”Where are you trying to go...?”
The driver asked him this, with a little bit of irritation in his voice. Benjamin realized that he had no idea where he was going, but he wouldn't let this phase him. Perhaps this was his chance to see what the city had to offer.
”Oh...I dunno...Surprise me, Mary? Do you mind if I smoke in here? I don't smoke, so that's a trick question...You should know these things. What kind of genius are you? I suppose it doesn't take a genius to have this kind of a job...Did you even go to college? I didn't go to college either...Does that matter, now? I'm not old enough to go to college...That was another trick, Mary. You need to keep up with these things.”
Benjamin wasn't sure if this was normal, but the man came to a screeching stop, and kicked him out of the taxi. The entire time he couldn't stop laughing, and as he walked down the street, he wondered how much more mischief he could get himself into.
“The Big Apple, hm? Time to take a huge bite out of it...”
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