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[center][h1][color=9e0b0f]James[/color][/h1]
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[i]"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid."[/i] -[b]Jack Sparrow[/b]
[/center][hr][hr][center][color=gold][h1][u]Personal Information[/u][/h1][/color][/center]
[u]Name:[/u]
[color=9e0b0f]James Daniel Oake[/color]

[u]Nickname:[/u]
Trickster, Cardmaster, Jay

[u]Birth Date:[/u]
July 17, 1997

[u]Age:[/u]
18

[u]Gender:[/u]
Male

[u]Sexuality:[/u]
Straight[hr][center][color=gold][h1][u]In The Mirror[/u][/h1][/color][/center]
[u]In Depth Appearance:[/u]
James has brown hair, dark brown eyes, and stands at 5'7".  He prefers not to style or even brush his hair, letting it do what it wants, so to speak.  His eyes are deceptively innocent at most times, but when he really gets serious, you can see it.  He has a charismatic smile and several scars from monster attacks, although he mostly keeps them hidden.  He's lean, but decently strong, with a runner's build.  His hands are those of a magician, quick-moving and almost never still.  His face is a handsome one, but when he gets angry, he looks downright frightening.

[u]Clothing Style:[/u]
When he can, James prefers to dress sharply, usually in black pants, a white button up, and a dark blue vest.  For his tricks, he usually rolls up his sleeves.  When dressing sharply is a bad idea, he wears dark jeans, blue or green short-sleeved shirts, and occasionally a navy hoodie.  No matter what else he's wearing, he always wears black running shoes.

[hr][center][color=gold][h1][u]Delving Deeper[/u][/h1][/color][/center]

[u]Likes:[/u]
[list][*] Performing magic, usually with cards
[*] Pulling off difficult thefts
[*] Secretly, he loves Disney movies
[*] Hard candy, mostly mints
[*] Pulling the occasional prank[/list]

[u]Dislikes:[/u]
[list][*] Cheaters, be it in a card game or a relationship
[*] People who can't take a joke
[*] Horror movies.  He will not watch them
[*] Broccoli
[*] Calamari[/list]

[u]Fears:[/u]
[list][*] Being trapped
[*] Spiders
[*] Failing when it's most important that he succeed[/list]

[u]Habits:[/u]
[list][*] Card flourishing when he's nervous
[*] Eating quickly, so no one can steal it
[*] Locating all exit points[/list]

[u]Personality:[/u]
[center][u]♦ Confidence ♦ Showmanship ♦ Friendliness ♦ Wariness[/u][/center]
James is, to all outward appearances, a confident, slightly cocky showoff.  He's pretty friendly to almost everyone, but he only lets his guard down around the few he trusts the most.  He always knows at least seven different ways to get out of any room he enters, and he makes sure that one of those exits are within his sight at all times.  If you gain his trust, there's no better friend; if you betray his trust, you'll never regain it.  He is also a master liar.

[u]Background:[/u]
Until he was seven, James lived with his magician mother and his environmental scientist stepfather.  A few days after his seventh birthday, however, both died in a car crash.  Refusing to go into the foster system, he ran away three times but was always found and brought back.  His fourth attempt, when he was fifteen, actually worked.  He made his way across the country, performing card tricks and sleight of hand to earn a living.  He turned to small-scale thievery when he was sixteen, using his magic skills to distract while he divested his targets of their wallets.  Now, at eighteen years of age, he has come to Olympus Academy, almost entirely by accident.

[u]Extra:[/u]
My favorite god is Poseidon; my favorite goddess is Hestia.

[hr][center][color=gold][h1][u]Godly Information[/u][/h1][/color][/center]

[u]Godly Parent:[/u]
Hermes, god of travelers, merchants, thieves, and all those who live by their wits.

[u]Relationship With Godly Parent:[/u]
James doesn't get along that well with Hermes.  He's angry that the god let his mother die and never helped him.  Hermes wants a better relationship with his son, but at the moment, James is still too angry with him to try.

[u]Godly Abilities:[/u]
[b]Persuasion[/b] - James can persuade almost anyone.  Usually, this power/skill is used to convince people that he would never dream of stealing their wallet/watch/priceless work of art.  It's gotten him away from several policemen and from those angry enough to take the law into their own hands.

[b]Stealth[/b] - When he needs to be, James is one of the stealthiest people not currently employed by one of the multiple spy organizations.  This is what lets him pull off some seemingly impossible thefts, and is also very useful for playing pranks.  No one will ever catch him, and if they do, he'll persuade them that they must be mistaken.
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