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[b]Name, Age[/b]
Bruce Bailey, 28

[B]Appearance Description[/b]
Six feet tall but barely a hundred and twenty pounds.  His features are immaculate, as is his platinum hair.  Though the former is natural, the latter is bleached and has to be meticulously maintained.  His natural hair color is more medium brown.  He has steely gray eyes and full lips, which tend to be smiling or grinning.  His teeth are a break in his perfection; slightly crooked and stained from his long time smoking habit.  
His clothes tend on the expensive side, even when they don't look it, and he usually dresses in layers, to allow for multiple pieces in any given "look."  During the day, sunglasses are ever present.

[b]Personality[/b]
Bruce is the sort of person who can charm even as he annoys; he makes it endearing.  He considers himself larger than life, and sometimes even manages to fit that description.  A gregarious person by nature, he likes, and tends to be liked by, crowds, particularly those of the drunk variety.  He is a people-pleaser, and though this often leads to altruism and even true compassion, the root of that desire is in the quest for attention.  
Bruce's attention seeking behavior is anything but small scale.  He's a man who wants to get somewhere, but he's gone backwards before and is wary of it happening again.  He'll take a risk, but not before calculating it over and over to himself.

[b]Ability Code Name[/b]
Kinetic theft. 

[b]ADB Entry[/b]
Subject absorbs any kinetic energy that comes in direct contact with their physical person.  

*Addendum 1: particles or mass under a certain size do not seem to be affected.  The specific limit is not known. 

This energy is stored by means unknown, and can be emitted from any part of the body. Subject is not able to create this energy internally.

Addendum 2: Subject is not able to absorb the energy that they emit.  

Capacity for destruction has not been tested or observed, but is theorized to be catastrophic under most circumstances. 

Methods to subdue or neutralize:
Ballistic weapons are inadvisable.
Electrical or chemical deterrents are considered the most effective.  

[b]Classification[/b]
Epsilon

[b]History[/b]
In school, Bruce was a class clown, well liked by fellow students.  Even most teachers found it hard to hold his antics against him, with his ability to ingratiate himself with them.
Still, he was never a great student, and academic based prospects were limited.  But he had gotten some attention at school talent shows for the little band he had put together.  And soon that turned into open mics, and then small venues.  

Though not quite the original cast, his metal band had finally started to hit the charts when the Equinox happened.  
The chaos that ensured obviously was not good for business, but they made due, and laid low like most folk who didn’t have a stake in the new questions of privacy and personal freedom that arose.  

When the dust settled, they released a new album that was quite relevant to the struggles of the past few years.  

Though far from a real life rock star, Bruce and Cloak of Shame were doing alright until his ADB ranking hit tabloids, and suddenly everyone was pretending they already knew who he was, and what he was about.  The publicity was excellent for album and merch sales, but the attention being so focused on him caused some tension between him and his bandmates.  

At present, Bruce is officially on sabbatical.  He has enough income from residuals and the like that he doesn’t have to worry about funds, but he’s having a difficult time with the semi-self-imposed isolation.  

[B]How they were affected by Equinox[/b]
Some people would find powers like his a dream come true, but to Bruce it’s only ever been inconvenient.  First, everything felt weird.  Everyday tasks presented new challenges, and truth be told the more advantageous aspects of his power really weren’t much use to him.  
His music has changed drastically.  Strings lose their vibration very quickly when he’s holding down on the fret, and he can’t sustain a note on his guitar without special effect pedals.  

After the ADB was created, Bruce began to see a drastic shift in how he was treated.  People were afraid of him after looking him up.  Though he had not done anything with his powers, everyone seemed to believe it was only a matter of time.  He can’t get on a commercial flight, or even enter an airport. He has been(very politely) asked to leave establishments on more than one occasion.

Favorite Quote
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Elbert Hubbard
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