[hider=Dexter Quinto][color=gold][CENTER][h1][b]Dexter Quinto[/b][/h1][/CENTER][/color] [hr] [hider=Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrOemQaEJGU&ab_channel=Whilipp_117[/youtube][/hider] [color=gold][sub][b][u] B a s i c I n f o [/u][/b][/sub][/color] [indent][color=gold][b]Name:[/b][/color] Dexter Quinto [color=gold][b]Age:[/b][/color] 17 [color=gold][b]Year:[/b][/color] Junior [color=gold][b]Gender:[/b][/color] ♂ [/indent] [color=gold][sub][b][u] A p p e a r a n c e [/u][/b][/sub][/color][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/BUaa3pd.jpg[/img][/center] [indent][color=gold][b]Height:[/b][/color] 5'10" [color=gold][b]Weight:[/b][/color] 174lbs [color=gold][b]Skin Color:[/b][/color] Caucasian [color=gold][b]Physical Description:[/b][/color] Dexter stands at around 5'10, putting him comfortably in the upper-average range for a male in the USA. While he might not stand out as the most straight up attractive man in town, he is certainly doing well for himself and often makes a large effort to look as presentable as possible by adhering to the smart casual clothing style. He's not jock-muscular, but he's got a masculine and youthful physique, which certainly earns him some bonus points for the opposite sex. Catching Dexter looking mussed up is like spotting a unicorn, and oftentimes if he is off his game, everyone else is too. [color=gold][b]Clothing:[/b][/color] [i]"Dress like you're going to meet your match, even if you're not."[/i] Dexter takes pride in his presentable appearance and overall it's no wonder he is leading the race for "Best take home to parents" senior superlative. Dex always dresses with a 'smart-casual' look to him. He tends to gravitate towards henley shirts, flannels, jeans or khakis, and closed toed shoes. During the colder days, he tends to like to dress with tasteful use of leather. He's renowned for oftentimes shopping with his mother (sometimes earning him a title of a 'mama's boy'), but it has paid off with well fitting clothing and a top notch sense of what looks good and what doesn't. To top it all off, the guy even manages to smell good regularly. Fancy that? [color=gold][b]Voice:[/b][/color] Imagine a younger Chris Pratt. Think his character in Everwood. A pleasant baritone with enthusiasm, and a slight country drawl. [/indent] [color=gold][sub][b][u] P e r s o n a l i t y [/u][/b][/sub][/color] [indent] [color=gold][b]Character Traits:[/b][/color] Many people experience loss throughout their lives in ways that greatly impact them. Some for the worse, and others for the better. Dexter has always been a nice kid. An extrovert, well mannered, easy to talk with. The kind of kid that succeeded socially. A boy who was and has been on the straight and narrow for most of his life. But first and foremost, with how recently his life was changed, he is defined primarily by what is missing more than what is there. He is still a kind young man, but those who know him or spend any time in his circles will have noticed a less good natured streak that has taken hold of his persona and has not disappeared in the years since his sister and father’s passing. Outwardly, Dexter can be charming, forward, and proud. He's talkative in the right crowd and has very many stories to share regarding his adventures and mishappen that he has experienced throughout high school. However where before he once carried his jovial persona naturally with seemingly no signs of lethargy, a more slightly forceful presence seems to carry him in locations if he spends too long with too many people and too many voices. His ugly side isn't seen as often one might expect given everything that has happened- and while he has never had a history with aggression, he does not take jokes the same way he did before. Especially to those who’s punchline is of a certain subject matter. Innately, Dexter is agitated, and has learned to enjoy a stillness of surroundings and mind. He has a lot of pent up frustration with the situation he was handed. But make no mistake, Dex is still who he once was, even if there is less of that and more of something else. He is easy to get along with, but hard to get close to. Oftentimes being good with strangers but bad with friends, but he does care. In fact, he cares a great deal. He just has difficulty expressing it, for fear of caring about someone enough to lose them the way he has before. Where he has developed an intolerance that he didn’t have before, loss also instilled a tenacity in him that few have. Dexter isn’t the smartest kid around, but he works harder now. He used to make passing friends easily, but now he focuses on the people who matter. He used to let it define him, but now he wants to be better. One day at a time. One foot in front of the other. [color=gold][b]Bonds:[/b][/color] Dexter is first and foremost, a mamma's boy. He is extremely close with his mother, in part because she is his only immediate living relative. There is almost nothing he wouldn't do for her. Dexter also regularly visits his father and sister's graves. In his freshman year it was daily, now it's closer to weekly. [color=gold][b]Activities:[/b][/color] Dexter is a member of the JV track team, specifically long distance. He has long since been disqualified from Varsity, and mostly runs for fun and fitness. He also participates in the CL inter-mural sports events for both the one hundred yard dash and cross country, having taken first in the former for the past three years he has competed and placing top three in the latter. Beyond that, Dexter is an employee at the Manic Mechanic, and has been working there since he was fifteen. [color=gold][b]Skills:[/b][/color] Dexter is a generalized handyman and novice car mechanic, who regularly works on the simpler Jeep and Ford model vehicles that come into the shop. Dexter is also musically inclined and proficient with the acoustic guitar. [/indent] [color=gold][sub][b][u] B a c k s t o r y [/u][/b][/sub][/color] [indent] [color=gold][b]Backstory:[/b][/color] Dexter was raised under a set of ideals: A warrior's spirit; a servant's heart; a fun-loving attitude. Dexter was born into a middle class home in Leesburgh to a fairly youthful marriage. A year before Dexter was born, his older sister came into the world. Unfortunately, due to the unfortunate circumstances, his older sister was born with a plethora of crippling health problems. As Dexter grew up, he was taught many lifelong lessons by his family and sister. Namely, patience and empathy, as she was confined to a wheel chair. His sister's various disabilities and sickly predisposition made it impossible for him and his family to live a conventionally normal life for a long time. Just when things were starting to even out at the start of middle school, Dexter's father passed away while commuting home from work- killed in a car crash. Worse yet, his sister's breathing apparatus suffered a malfunction only a few months later. With her brain starved of oxygen, Dexter's sister had been left brain dead. The already broken family was forced to make another heart wrenching choice, and then the family of four had been down to two. The family was never the same after that. Him and his mother bonded over such a time of trial, and he deeply cares for his mother as a result. He picked up his dad's dusty old guitar and began reading like his sister. It didn't fill the void they left behind, but it was a coping mechanism that worked and helped. Neither Dexter nor his mother let their loved ones' passing slow them down forever, choosing instead to live on happily in their names. Dexter and his mother still live relatively happy and somewhat normal lives all things considered. Due to health and life insurances his family had put in place before any of the incidents, what was left of his family was left very financially stable. Even so, he has been working from a young age and spends weekends working part time at the Manic Mechanic. Due to the necessary evil of commuting, he and his mother purchased a car for his own personal use. A cherry red 1967 Mazda Miata. It's a lifestyle, baby. So, yeah. Shit happens, and sometimes he wished it had happened to someone else. Life dealt him some shitty cards and he focused more on mastering his hand than complaining about a cruddy deck. He's been pretty happy through high school so far- made easy friends with most people, got a car, worked hard, got good grades, found a passion for music and work, and noticed that 'hey that some girls are actually really cute.' The first year was really rough, and there are still a lot of bad days- but the good have been outnumbering them. Progress, not perfection. [/indent] [color=gold][sub][b][u] P o w e r s [/u][/b][/sub][/color] [indent] [color=gold][b]Description:[/b][/color] Dexter's superhuman ability can be summarized in two words: "Go fast." Simply put, Dexter has a plethora of secondary abilities that function as one that allow him to move faster than the human eye can track for short bursts and run at speeds capable of easily outpacing even the most high end automobiles for a longer distance. In order to keep up with his body, Dexter's mind is able to read, interpret and process at a incredible speed allowing him to perceive and react to the world far more quickly than any human. His reflexes react much faster than a normal, having barely any lag or dead time before he reacts to the world around him. He perceives the world in a form of 'bullet time', and a great example of this would be that he perceives a bullet being shot at him in the same way that a normal person sees a 95mph fastball being thrown at them. This means that generally speaking his awareness of a potential problem is the most limiting factor when it comes to reacting to said problem. His metabolism likewise is also much faster, dissolving absolutely heroic amounts of food in short time frames leaving Dexter in nearly a perpetual state of hunger. Due to this accelerated state of being, wounds close and heal much faster. Furthermore, moving at incredible speeds puts an enormous toll on the body and in a normal one would tear Dexter apart. However this is not that case as Dexter is proportionally much, much stronger and more durable than the average human. This enables Dexter to exert himself in the ways that he does, and allows for the absolutely monumental forces placed on his body to be dealt with in a relatively safe manner. [color=gold][b]Limitations:[/b][/color] In terms of limitations, no matter how fast or strong he is, Dexter still has to deal with the physical forces of nature. Meaning that while he can accelerate extremely quickly, running at three hundred and change miles an hour comes with a few drawbacks. Dexter cant brake one a dime, nor can he change direction on one. Moving extremely fast means wide turns and a pretty good distance required to stop. Dexter can survive high speed collisions, but doing so could cripple him for life. [color=gold][b]Weaknesses:[/b][/color] In terms of limitations, no matter how fast or strong he is, Dexter still has to deal with the physical forces of nature. Meaning that while he can accelerate extremely quickly, running at three hundred and change miles an hour comes with a few drawbacks. Dexter cant brake one a dime, nor can he change direction on one. Moving extremely fast means wide turns and a pretty good distance required to stop. Dexter can survive high speed collisions, but doing so could cripple him for life. [/indent][hr] [indent] [b]Favorite Subject:[/b] PE [b]Least-Favorite Subject:[/b] Calculus Honors. [b]Grades:[/b] B Student. [b]Embarrassing Moment:[/b] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETKKWE-DWJw&ab_channel=TuccTheMemeKing[/youtube] It's fucking happened him while running mach 3. It hurt and was [i]really[/i] funny. [/indent] [color=gold][b]Other Information:[/b][/color] None currently. [/hider]