[center][h3][color=#2f5084][b]JOHN LOUIS[/b][/color][/h3][/center] [color=#2f5084][h3][center][i]“Teach”[/i][/center][/h3][/color] [center][i]MOTTO[/i][/center] [color=#2f5084][center][h3][b]"Teach people valuable lessons about life, mostly how not to catch a bullet to the head and how not to be a dumbass."[/b][/h3][/center][/color] [hider=Appearance] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/21a7b1c4-3bff-45a0-b88c-526b2484374e.jpg[/img][/center] [center]Suited up[/center] [center][i]Note I'm working on getting a better image than this, but it serves its purpose.[/i][/center] [center]_____________________________________________[/center] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/9a670317-cfbb-4ec0-be7e-757e1bfe5a87.jpg[/img][/center] [center]Out of his suit[/center] [center][b]DISCLAIMER:[/b][i] I do not own either image, all credits belong to the artists.[/i][/center] [center]John stands at a tall 6'3, he's pretty ripped due to the amount of mechanical work he does and his constant ventures out into the wastes, he's pretty well groomed and likes to keep his looks rugged and worn, other than that, he's basically like any other forty year old man.[/center] [/hider] Age: [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] 41 Personality: [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Cautious and Careful -He likes to take his time, make sure everything is just right. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Reserved and Attentive -He doesn’t talk much, he only talks when he needs to, but he is listening. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Truthful, Heavy-Handed, and untactful -When there’s a problem, he’ll tell it to you straight, no beating around the bush. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Irritable, grumpy, easily annoyed -The dude’s forty one year’s old, just cause he’s reserved doesn’t mean he’s always calm. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] A Harsh but practical Realist -He may be a realist and realistically speaking everything is bleak, but he’s reasonable enough to see that it ain’t over yet. Background: The old man was an teacher on Engineering and physics, explaining everything from Electrical circuits, batteries, structural Engineering, architecture, all the way to Nuclear physics; he was able to survive from the application of this knowledge and the books that were left abandoned near his place of work which he gathered while evacuating into a safer zone as the entire city he was in was close enough to the edge of the affected area that it was considered a risk. He was of course decontaminated and quarantined to observe for any ill-effects; thankfully John didn’t show any signs of radiation poisoning, since then he has been trying to improve life for people in his settlement, even going as far as making his own [i]‘wasteland kit’[/i] for going out into the wastes and scavenging it for anything useful. Because of this, John has more than once encountered dangerous mutants and raiders, he made his own weapons to defend himself and actively hunt problematic denizens of the wastes. This led him to take on new skills and lessons from the wastes considering that he could’ve died on numerous occasions, he was resourceful enough to stay on his feet and was still fit enough to move around easily, seeing as he kept himself in shape using his own exercise equipment. Eventually, he was hired to do a job that was supposed to kill him but he came back, rumors spread and people started asking things of him, and just like that, he was a merc, he still taught in the settlements trying to keep education alive, it was understandable no one could really afford to be in any type of school at that point, so he did what he could with the books that he had, he even tried to learn chemistry, but he could not understand it to a point where he could apply it, but at the end of the day he was still a Merc and eventually a Devil’s Runner. Pros [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Resourceful Craftsman -If he’s got time and resources, he could make something for you and you could bet your ass it’d work. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Fast Learner -Something that took a normal person days to learn could only take him hours to learn and do proficiently. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Meticulous Perfectionism -Want something done right the first time? He’s the guy you call, he’ll work until everything feels [b][i]juuust[/i][/b] right. Quirks & Cons [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Too silent for the dead -He never talks until he needs to talk, he doesn’t waste precious breath on stupid shit. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Mr. Irritable -When he does talk, it’s often to tell you to shut the hell up or to stop being completely stupid. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Anti-Social, Grizzled Veteran -He’s seen some really fucked up shit happen in the wastes, probably why he doesn’t talk or get close to anybody. Habits: [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Reading books -The Old man is an avid reader of the literary works, from philosophy to fiction, ironic that this is one of the situations that happened in a Sci-fi novel he read. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Pacing -When he’s thinking, nervous, anxious, or even excited about something he instinctively paces; his mood can be determined by the way he paces around and around, over and over. Equipment [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Gas Mask. -Part of the kit. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Pneumatic Sniper Rifle -Fires 15mm steel balls, mag-fed, requires pumping, Scoped 4x zoom, very powerful when the air tank is at full pressure. [hider=image][center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/f3a543fc-a5da-4854-b261-766c8a282f86.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]Image Reference from Metro 2033, Tihar, Pneumatic weapons.[/i][/center] [/hider] [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Homemade Knife -The Knife is a lot like a machete or a cleaver. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Carry pouches -To carry all his equipment and rations. [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Tool Kit -What kind of Engineering and Physics professor doesn't have their own tools? [color=#2f5084][b]0[/b][/color] Pistol -A regular 9mm Plinker, nothing special about this. Useful in tight situations, in fact best side arm he owns until he can find a new one or make his own.