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Title: Baxter, Jacky
Description: Sting


Jacky Baxter - January 2, 2011 12:29 PM (GMT)
Jack 'Jacky' Baxter
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    Alias: Sting
    Gender: Male
    Age: 23
    Affiliation: Neutral

    Custom Title: Highway Star
    Canon/Original: Original
    PlayBy: Chad Michael Murray
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    Jacky is a young man, just hardly out of his teens; not that he looks it. He has blonde hair, which he generally keeps all spiked up. Jacky stands at about 5'9, not really being considered short or tall when compared to other men. His physical build is nothing outstanding, nor pathetic either. He doesn't spend a whole lot of time working out, although he began to after learning the true value of his abilities. His eyes are a bright, light shade of blue. Sometimes he keeps a very light beard, and at other times he has none at all. He has a single, large, black tatoo on his back of a lightning bolt, which runs down the center of his back. Other than that, he has no other distinguishing features.
personality
    Jacky is often stereotyped in the wrong way. Being a racer, and a good one at that, people often assume him to be cocky and arrogant, in which case neither are true. He cares very much about those who he considers close, and always makes his best attempt to act friendly to those he doesn't know. But, this doesn't mean he isn't willing to defend himself or his friends and family. He is as equally protective as he is kind and caring. He isn't always the first to crack a joke, but he definitely doesn't lack in humour. Jacky is always viewed as free spirited and open minded, never judging others by how they appear, and taking pride in what he does.

    Jacky is in a bit of a tough situation. Although a good guy who knows right from wrong down at heart, he is in a situation where he has no other choice but to follow the life of a criminal. As a street racer, he is forced to put himself and others in dangerous situations on a daily basis. He does this against his own beliefs, as he sees it as the only way to survive. To the unaware of his situation, he could come off as a criminal, even though he is simply a good guy in a bad situation. He has allied himself with people in the past, and isn't the slightest bit reluctant to meet and ally himself with new people. Joining a team is a completely different question, although it wouldn't be impossible to convince Jacky to do so.
extraordinary
    Powers


    Electrostatic Energy Generation:Jacky has the ability to generate electrostatic energy from within his body. His body will automatically begin to recharge the energy as he spends it, and will stop charging when it reaches it's max peak. This is not a passive ability, as Jacky can mentally control when his body is generating the energy, and when it isn't. This allows him to perform every day activities without some kind of reaction occuring.

    Electric Discharge: His ability also includes discharging his stored electrostatic energy. This energy may be discharged in various forms, but is most commonly discharged in a bolt of electricity, usually from the palm of his hand. He can mentally control how much electricity is discharged, ranging from one volt to 10,000. This ability can effectively be used to add power to electrical devices, by discharging the electrostatic energy directly into these sources which require power.

    Accelerated Healing Factor:The electricity running throughout his body greatly accelerates the body's natural ability to repair damage by stimulating the muscle tissue and his immune system; essentially an accelerated healing factor.

    Accelerated Speed:Like the aforementioned ability, the electricity that runs throughout his body has an effect on how his body works. The electricity causes brain signals to be transmitted throughout the body quicker, allowing his body to react quicker to commands than a regular human. This essentially gives him a heightened sense of movement, which mostly affects his running speed and reflexes. This in no way can be considered to superhuman speed, but it is definitely a noticeable difference.

    Electric Conductivity:Jacky's body has the ability to absorb electricity as well. He isn't able to pull electricity from sources like he can power them, so in order for him to absorb the electricity, he has to literally shock himself; although he is completely immune to the pain and burns usually induced by electrical shocks.

    Unique Skills


    Professional Driver:Jacky has been in the underground racing business for most of his career, and has been driving since before the legal driving age. If there is one thing he knows inside and out, it's a vehicle. And if there is one thing he knows how to do the best, it is definitely driving. In addition to this, he has extensive knowledge on just about every type of vehicle.

    Weaknesses


    Water:Before he discovered his power, Jacky was already afraid of water, being unable to swim. A childhood incident where he nearly drowned left him with aquaphobia, and now that his powers strictly forbid his entry into water, he now has even more reason to fear it. If he focuses enough and makes sure no discharge is coming from his body, he can safely enter water, although he still has to be cautious as the slightest spark can be dangerous.

    Human Weaknesses:Although he has an accelerated healing factor, it can only heal up injuries that a regular human being would eventually overcome in time; but in a shorter period. This means a fatal strike that would kill a human, will kill Jacky as well (excluding electricity based damage).

    Energy Depletion:Like most mutants and superpowered beings, using large amounts of his power at a time will tire him, and eventually he will need a rest in order to charge up more energy. This can limit him in battle against powerful foes.
backstory
    Early Life


    Jacky was born in New York City to a very disfunctional couple. His father was an escaped convict from Australia, and his mother was an American woman of Irish decent. The two of them were bound together due to Jacky's birth, with his mother caring too much about him, and his father needing someone to hide him from the authorities. If only his mother had loved him enough to get rid of his father before he was even born. Because of her unwise decision, Jacky was exposed to a life of crime before he was even in school. Nothing that he was involved with, of course, but crime that his father was involved with.

    While his mother was out working low wage jobs, his father was making income his own way, by getting involved with gangs, and taking on way more than he could handle. It wouldn't be long before it all caught up with him; but it wasn't soon enough. His impressions he'd leave on Jacky had only begun.

    Jacky got into many fights throughout school. There were many occasions where Jacky would witness his father beating up a man, or a man arriving to the house and nearly beating the life out of him. Seeing all of this, he figured it was the only resolutions to his problems, and with this, he got into a ton of trouble at school. Being a
    young kid, and knowing right from wrong, it was a difficult decision. On one hand he knew that what his father did was wrong, but on the other hand, every kid looked up to their fathers. It was hard not to, and he was left as a complete mess throughout school. His grades suffered immensely for it, and at the rate he was going, it didn't look like he would pass the first year of high school. However, like most kids, the teachers figured he'd change and mature over time. But things would only get worse.

    A Discovery of Power


    What seemed to at first simply be static electricity, eventually led to an incident where Jacky nearly fried a student. His first day at high school, and a student managed to pick a fight with Jacky. Picking a fight with a pubsecent mutant definitely wasn't the best idea, but of course he had no clue. In fact, neither did Jacky, nor anyone else for that matter. For weeks, Jacky's powers had been revealing themselves step by step, but hardly anything noticeable. He began to notice more and more shocks happening upon contact with other objects, but it was an everyday occurence, for most people. He really didn't think much of it. But in the rage of this schoolyard battle, his powers revealed themselves at a whole new level. Brought on by his anger for this kid, a weak, but powerful surge of electricity discharged itself from him and nearly fried the student, sending him to the hospital for a long time.

    With this event, Jacky was expelled and reported to the authorities as one of these so called "mutants", which Jacky now realized he was. Seeing no other option, he relocated with his father, who had been finally given the boot from his mother. He knew if he stayed with his mother, the authorities would come and take him, as much as his mother fought for him. Although he despised his father's criminal ways, he knew it was the only thing that would keep him from being locked up in prison.

    He didn't tell his father about his powers for a long time. His father hardly knew anything about the school incident, and he claimed that nothing of what they claimed had happened. Fearing that his powers would reveal them again once more, he seeked out as much information about mutants as he could, attempting to find a way to control his powers. With what information he had, he secretly practiced his powers, often finding his way down into the empty sewers, knowing that his powers could potentially be dangerous to use around metallic and objects that could easily catch fire. He easily accepted his 'gift', but as excited as he was to have such power, he was afraid of what it would mean for him in the future. The last thing he wanted to do was end up like his father: running from the law.

    Teen Life


    At this point, he had no option to go to school. Realizing the importance in education, he did the best to self teach himself, in between the special 'errands' he would have to run for his father. By the age of 16, he was assisting his father with his criminal career, doing things such as: paying a visit to men who had been asking for trouble, meeting up with mysterious men, stealing cars, delivering drugs and other goods, and even the odd heist. Jacky hated his father and his criminal career, and he absolutely hated helping his father with it, but he had no choice. He needed his father to keep him safe, and the only way to do that was to aid him with his own life. At this age, he would have no where to run, and no way to support himself. His father needed him to drive often, and because of this he was a proficient, independent driver at the age of 16, with absolutely no professional training. This would later prove to become one of Jacky's finest skills in life, and his only real 'career'.

    Jacky's powers couldn't be hidden from long. A couple years down the road, when he was 18, he was finally forced to reveal his powers to his father. On a drug delivery, the two of them pulled into a garage where they were to meet the client. However, upon getting out of the car, they were jumped by a gang, who wanted more than just their drugs. The whole thing had been a trap, and although they had been outnumbered in men, they were not outnumbered in firepower. Revealing his powers in public for the first time since his school incident, Jacky dispatched of the entire group of ambushers, knowing that it was the only thing that was going to keep him and his father alive. Rather than praising him for saving his life, his father was upset with him for not having told him about his powers, which could've been used for crime and greed all these years.

    Finally accepting who his father was, Jacky decided to leave him, at the age of 18. He had nowhere to go, and a small amount of cash he had earned through his part of the cash his father earned. He wouldn't be able to apply for a job, with no education, and no identity. He was forced to find another source of money, and with his best skill being driving, he looked to street racing. New York was a big place, full of crime, and it definitely wasn't difficult to locate a gang of street racers. Purchasing a cheap car from a rather 'shadey' car dealer, Jacky entered these races, quickly becoming a lead racer for a not so well known gang of racers, who were looking to have their names famous on the street. However, as Jacky's street name, Sting, became more and more known on the street, he realized that he no longer needed a gang, and became an independant racer. The gang he left would later become rivals of his, and lead to an incident where he once again unleashes his powers outside of the safety of the sewers.

    Epilogue


    Currently, at the age of 23, Jacky continues to look for a way to clear his criminal record, and secure a regular job and a regular life. He doesn't want to be a criminal, he never wanted to be in the first place. After seeing the effects of a criminal life first hand, he knows it's something he is strongly against. He has begun using his powers more often out in public, but only on rare occasions, when someone is in need. He realizes now that the life of a hero is a possibility, although it could never happen if he had a criminal record over his head; he would only attract unwanted attention to himself. Still racing cars, he lives in a small house, complete with a garage where he stores his black and yellow Ford Mustang, nicknamed 'The Hornet', and his prized motorcycle; both won in races. Somehow, as hard as he had tried not to, he turned into his father. Commiting illegal acts as a way of survival. The difference is, Jacky won't be doing this for long...if all goes as planned.
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    Name

    :Brandon
    Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time
    Experience Level: 5 years.
    Other Characters: The Scarecrow
    Notes: I don't usually do original characters, so please let me know if there is anything wrong!
    Role-Play Sample:
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Before his days as a hero

Bright headlights illuminated a dark alleyway, not revealing much but a few garbage cans and a large metal door, which mostly likely held a garage behind it. A car door swung open, and the sound of footsteps could be heard over the low growl of the engine. Aside from these two noises, the night was seemingly dead silent. But Jacky knew that behind this garage door, things definitely weren't quiet. It had been less than an hour ago when he was suddenly awoken from his sleep, due to a loud crashing noise heard from his garage. Upon racing there, he had discovered his prize motorcycle missing. It hadn't taken him long to put the clues together and determine that it had indeed been a rival racing gang from the East side of town. Over and over had they competed against each other, and over and over had Jacky beaten them. All of them. He figured it was only long before they came after him. Underground racers didn't particularly like being beaten, especially on their own turf.

So here Jacky was, standing in front of his black and yellow Ford Mustang; his shadow being casted into the alleyway from the headlights which he had left turned on. He wore a black racing suit, with yellow stripes that ran down each sleeve. In his hand was a crowbar, which he knew he could potentially use as an electric baton if he were to properally surge his power through it. At this point, he was still mastering his powers. He didn't care though, because he was bent on retrieving his bike; on extracting revenge. Racing was his life right now, and he'd be damned if someone tried to take that away from him.

He walked forward, his feet crunching against the gravel beneath him. He wasn't entirely sure how he was going to break into the garage, but he was far too angry to think ahead at the moment. Approaching the metal garage door, he looked around, looking for some way to get in. Behind the door, he could hear the music of a radio blasting, and the sound of powertools. They were doing something to his bike. Gritting his teeth, he slamed his hand flat against the door. His rage had caused him to momentarily lose control of his power, causing a massive amount of electricity to discharge from his hand and into the metal garage door, which then conducted the electricity and overcharged the control panel on the other end, causing the door to suddenly, but slowly, begin to raise upward. Not wanting a second to lose, Jacky dropped to the ground, rolling underneath the garage door and into the soundfilled room. Upon reaching his feet, he quickly spotted his bike in the middle of the room, surrounded by multiple gang members, all of who wielded power tools and other instruments.

"Aw, shit, he found us." One of the guys bitterly said."It doesn't matter; he's a dead man now."Another gang member shouted, grabbing a hand held power saw from a metal table containing various tools. "Get away from my bike, now. I'm warning you." Jacky said, his fist gripping tight around the crowbar he held in his hand. "Go to hell." The same man said, gritting his teeth and charging at Jacky, activing the power saw in his hand. The rest of the gang rose to their feet, arming themselves with weapons and looking more alert, as they now realized this was really happening. Clearly he had managed to set off the pissed off one of the bunch. He seemed quite good at it these days.

With a mad man charging at him, he had little time to think. He was definitely no stranger to fighting, but with the inclusion of powers saws and crowbars, he had to admit he was a noobie. He was going to have to just play this one by ear. Jacky waited until the man got right up to him, ducking as the man swung the power saw by his head. The buzzing of the saw was all he could hear, as the blade had gone right by his ear, missing it by inches. Surging electricity from his body and into the crowbar, he swung it at the man's side, sending a quick, violent shock through his body. The power saw was quickly dropped, as the man jumped backward, confused as to what had just happened. Not that he was going to show it, of course. With the man charging at him again, Jacky decided to try a different tactic. His empty hand immediately shot out in front of him, releasing a bolt of electricity which found it's way right into the thug's chest, sending him down instantly.

"Holy shit! Get him!"

Jacky braced himself, as multiple thugs charged him at once. Using his electrified crowbar, he swung it hard into the first man's gut multiple times until he was down. Turning around, a bigger man stood there, who literally grabbed the crowbar out of his hand and threw it to the ground, which seemingly had no effect on him. Jacky threw two hard punches into the man's gut, which also seemed to have no effect. Before he had a chance to retreat, the brute grabbed him by the torso, and began lifting him into  the air. "Uh oh." Jacky muttered to himself as he was lifted face to face with the man, his body squirming all about, attempting to break free. "You messed with the wrong people, bub." The man growled in his face, bringing his head back for a headbutt. Quickly, Jacky lifted both hands onto the man's face, sending an weak shock through his arm's and into the man's head; just enough to give him a good shock and let him go. While the man grabbed his head in pain, Jacky was now on the ground and able to send a strong kick into the man's groin; no additional power required.

Pleased with himself, Jacky cracked his knuckles, until he heard the roar of an engine coming to life. Spinning around instantly, he came face to face with his bike, which had now been mounted by one of the criminals. "I suggest you get outta 'my way."The low-life yelled to him over the roaring of the engine."I don't think so."Jacky said, as the man began to rev the engine, indicating he was about to shoot forward and plow through Jacky. Instead of moving, he stood there, awaiting his opponent's next action. As soon as the bike wheels began spinning, Jacky bent down and grabbed the crowbar he had dropped, holding it like a baseball bat. It was already too late for the biker, who had already accelerated forward, not anticipating Jacky's move. Swinging it hard like a bat, Jacky successfuly clotheslined the guy right off the bike, causing the bike to crash to the ground and spin out of control.

His bike was definitely going to need work after this, but at least now it was in hispossession. On top of that, that was one less gang of racers he had to worry about, at least for a while. Stepping out of the garage, he realized using his powers out in public had felt alright, in fact, quite natural. And so did beating the crap out of low-life cheaters like themselves. Perhaps it was something to look into for the future.


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