[CENTER][h1][color=#7db6ae][b]B R I C K[/b][/color][/h1][hr][h3][sup][sup][color=#a06261]REX KINGSLEY  [color=#7db6ae]◼[/color]   MARCH 17[sup]th[/sup] ( 20 )   [color=#7db6ae]◼[/color]   MALE[/color][/sup][/sup][/h3][sup][color=#c9bc9f]"The only thing I've learned is that people are obstacles. And I like crushing obstacles."[/color][/sup]
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[COLOR=#7db6ae][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] A P P E A R A N C E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][CENTER][sup][color=#a06261]"Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues." [b][sup]2[/sup][/b][/color][/sup][/CENTER][INDENT][INDENT][IMG]Image of Character[/IMG][/INDENT][/INDENT][indent][b][color=#6e7071]// S T A T S:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] HEIGHT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]6'5"[/i]

[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] WEIGHT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]670.31 lbs[/i]

[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] BUILD |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Jacked[/i]

[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] HAIR COLOUR |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Blond - Now Gray[/i]

[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] EYE COLOUR |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Brown - Now Gray[/i]

[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] OTHER |[/COLOR][/B] [i]His flesh is made of granite and he resembles a walking, talking statue.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// D E S C R I P T I O N:[/color][/b]
[indent][i]Rex looks like Michelangelo carved a young man with a permanent resting bitch face out of a hunk of concrete. There's a roughness that can't be denied both in demeanor and composition. He's tall, broad, and physically appears to have never [b]not[/b] participated in sports. Even if the sports may have devolved from collegiate to demolition. While his face may have suffered a broken nose or two, he still looks the same as in his high-school photographs. A strong cleft chin leads to a powerful jaw, forgettable nose, and large brown eyes. He might have been scouted for a modeling agency ala Abercrombie had it not been for everything that has happened after his fall from grace. He has a tendency to stand straight and tall, but not as if a ramrod has been firmly shoved into his ass, but more like he is forcing his posture to be imposing. Rex likes to wear clothes that would be described as "passing the sniff test" before putting them on. They look good on him, but there's no method to his style. All in all, he'd be considered a fairly handsome All-American teen, if it wasn't for the fact that was also a walking, talking slab of rock. [/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=#7db6ae][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] B I O G R A P H Y:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][CENTER][sup][color=#a06261]"Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment." [b][sup]3[/sup][/b][/color][/sup][/CENTER][indent][indent][I]Let's begin because it's not a long story and there are not any Shakespearean twists. Rex was born to Trent and Joanne Kingsley. Trent was a Republican senator from Georgia. He always held the majority due to suppressing those that would vote against him. Yet, no one seemed to utter a word about how unabashedly sinister he was. Maybe it was because he had a bright smile and perfectly coifed hair, or being wheelchair-bound always helped. He did push a large initiative to help make public structures more accessible. So, there was that...

Anyway, as you can imagine, Rex grew up on the high end of the large wealth gap in Atlanta, Georgia. He never wanted anything, and honestly never thought to ask. He attended Chapel Hill, a private school for the wealthy elite, and served as running back on their football team, the Chapel Hill Knights, for all three years that he was in high school. There he met Viola Blankenship, a gorgeous girl his age that challenged him on everything. She made him think, and he didn't do that much. It was an Instagram romance and it seemed to define both of their raison d'etre/ Things seemed to be golden for him, and he never thought to question it. The sad thing was, he should have.

In his junior year, his father was arrested on charges of "metahuman coercion." Yeah, no one knew that Trent Kingsley had the power to influence people's minds through his voice. This power was heavily on his fellow lawmakers, constituents, lobbyists, friends, and even family. When Trent no longer had control over his wife and son, they quickly realized they'd been suppressing their true natures. Joann was unhappy with her entire situation. She found that she hadn't even liked Trent. That their marriage was a sham. Red found out that he wasn't the golden child he thought he was. He was a mess of emotions and wasn't able to control his temper. The first time he released it, his fist went straight through his punch bag. His arm was coated in stone. He had to breathe deeply and center himself to get it to return to flesh. Yet, that anger bubbled so close to the surface that it was hard to choke down. Seventeen years of not being able to sort out his true feelings wouldn't be remedied in a night.

Needless to say, all of Trent's assets were confiscated leaving Joann with barely enough to afford them a place. She had some connections and was able to get a decent job fairly quickly. Rex had to leave Chapel Hill and attend a public school. Yet no one gave a shit about him in public school. His problems came from his so-called friends. It started with Viola breaking with him, followed shortly by cyberbullying, followed by spray painting their townhouse, and then verbally abusing him from the safety of numbers.

One day it went too far. Viola reached out to him to talk about what had happened. Rex didn't think to question the invitation. It was in the park after dark. She started by apologizing, and asking if he would like to be her boyfriend again. Rex may have said "yes" too enthusiastically. Viola laughed and responded, "Ew, how dare you. Your dad is a fucking criminal and you supported him for years as he brainwashed us. Do you think I'd want to get back with you? You... manipulator. Tell me, did your dad make me fall for you?" It was then that Rex understood why everyone was distancing themselves from him. How far had his father gone to manipulate his entire life? Rex had just focused on how his father had fucked him up. He didn't get a chance to explain that he was a victim in all of this when someone peaked over the top of a rock, having recorded it all. Rex was surrounded by his former peers. Especially when they started throwing balloons filled with a disgusting substance at him. They jeered and laughed. Viola stared at him with all the vitriol she could muster. Yeah, Rex lost it.

They watched as his body turned entirely to stone, and then the rock that one of the kids was hiding behind lifted into the air and was tossed hard at the group of quickly scattering teens. The rock bounced and rolled, crushing quite a few cars in its wake. One kid felt daring and charged at Rex, breaking his hand as he tried to punch him. He batted aside his former peer with ease, breaking bones upon doing so. Rex then moved through the park, letting his powers control him. He found himself in tune with the stone around him and was able to lift huge rocks with ease and ram his hands into the dirt, pulling up slabs of earth. He didn't kill anyone that night, but there were a handful of kids that had to go to the hospital. The worst of it all was Viola, who had been pinned against her car as a giant rock sat atop it. She was crying, screaming, and begging Rex not to hurt her. That snapped him out of it long enough to drop the stone he was holding--the stone he was threatening her with. About that time the cops showed up. They screamed at him to turn off his powers, but he couldn't. Something had snapped in him, and he couldn't return to flesh. He found out that knockout gas was one of the few things that worked on him. 

The next thing he knew, he was in a cell. His mother looked at him, shaking her head. "I knew you were like your father." The disgust and anger rolled off her. He charged at the cell only to find himself restrained with pure metal. He couldn't feel the ground underneath him. He felt cut off from everything. Most of all, he felt cut off from the people that had loved him.

Without money, lawyers, or political pull to get him out of the situation, he was sentenced to Ju-V. He wasn't a lost cause, but he wasn't exactly winning gold stars.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=#7db6ae][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] M O T I V A T I O N / O B J E C T I V E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][CENTER][sup][color=#a06261]"Where this is anger, there's always pain underneath." [b][sup]4[/sup][/b][/color][/sup][/CENTER][indent][indent][i]Rex isn't a complex individual. His interests lie in revenge, however petty. No one is going to fuck with him and get away with it. He led a privileged life until he didn't.  He doesn't know if he wants to go back there, but he definitely doesn't want to be here. Shunned. Hated. Disliked. If he knows one thing, it's that public opinion is pretty set in stone when it comes to people. At one time he wouldn't want to be lumped into the same camp as his father. Now, he's fine with proving people right. 

Fine, fuck it, he'll be the piece of shit that they want to vilify. It's easier than trying to wrestle with who he really is inside. His formative years were a lie, and all he's been left with is a lump of formless clay. And he can only prove himself with action, and the only action he knows that is effective is anger and fear.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=#7db6ae][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] A B I L I T I E S / S K I L L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][CENTER][sup][color=#a06261]"The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh." [b][sup]5[/sup][/b][/color][/sup][/CENTER][indent][b][color=#6e7071]// A B I L I T I E S:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] STONE MIMICRY|[/COLOR][/B] [i]Rex's body is made from granite, and his organs are made from quartz. In this form, he's fairly indestructible and doesn't require to breathe or eat, but he does anyway. [/i][/indent][indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] LITHOKINESIS |[/COLOR][/B] [i]He's able to feel the stone around him and control it, almost as if it weights nothing to him. He doesn't have the tightest grasp on his power, and will physically appear to lift it though it is more of a kinetic power.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// S K I L L S:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] PHYSICALITY |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Rex is physically imposing, it's probably why he didn't immediately crumple when his power first activated.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// L I M I T A T I O N S:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] TOUCH-BASED |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Despite being 'kinetic', he has to be able to touchstone to control it. It can be as easy as going barefoot on the ground to connect himself to the rock below, but if he was inside a room made of metal, plastic, glass, etc. he wouldn't be able to access the stone around it because he's not in direct contact.[/i][/indent][indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] EMOTIONAL LIMITATIONS |[/COLOR][/B] [i]His abilities are intrinsically tied to his emotions. The more he feels, the more they consume him. If he gets too angry, he becomes mindless and may be more of a hazard than a help. On the other side of the coin, if he's made docile via artificial means or meditative means, his power will recede into nothing.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// W E A K N E S S E S:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] CHEMICAL AEROSOLS |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Despite not needing to breathe, air-based chemicals still affect him as his body still has a mouth and nostrils and they still lead into the intended organs. Tear-gas, knockout-gas, poison-gas, and even nerve-gas can have their intended effect on him without him needing to breathe it in.[/i][/indent][indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] PSYCHIC ATTACKS |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Due to his dad's meddling, he's become highly susceptible to psychic attacks. They find no resistance while trying to enter his mind.[/i][/indent][indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] WEIGHT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Since Rex can't turn his power off unless he stops feeling emotions, he's stuck in his rock-like state which will immediately send him to the bottom of an ocean, through unsupported structures, and really make elevator and car rides uncomfortable.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=#7db6ae][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][indent][b][color=#6e7071]// S U P P O R T I N G  C A S T:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] ALLIES[/COLOR][/B]
[indent][B][COLOR=#c9bc9f]◼ [I][url=https://i.imgur.com/nKCTqOf.jpg]JOANN [s]KINGSLEY[/s] PORTER[/url] |[/I][/COLOR][/B] [i]Despite her initial feelings about Rex being apprehended, she's relaxed on her stance given everything that has happened. While she doesn't have the allies that her husband had, she is a journalist and has lots of friends in the publication and investigation business.[/i][/indent]
[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] FRIENDS[/COLOR][/B]
[indent][B][COLOR=#c9bc9f]◼ [I]TBD |[/I][/COLOR][/B] [i]Test[/i][/indent]
[B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]▼[/color] ENEMIES[/COLOR][/B]
[indent][B][COLOR=#c9bc9f]◼ [I][url=https://i.imgur.com/yhcuBhM.jpg]TRENT KINGSLEY[/url] |[/I][/COLOR][/B] [i]No matter what his dad may think, he's Rex's number one enemy. [/i][/indent][indent][B][COLOR=#c9bc9f]◼ [I][url=https://i.imgur.com/7LZIRPF.jpg]VIOLA BLAKENSHIP[/url] |[/I][/COLOR][/B] [i]Ex-girlfriend, and while he still has a torch for her, he also knows he's an idiot for doing so.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// S T O M P I N G  G R O U N D S[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] US |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Atlanta, Georgia[/i][/indent]
[b][color=#6e7071]// P A R A P H E R N A L I A[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=#a06261][color=#c9bc9f]◼[/color] HEX CODE COLOR |[/COLOR][/B] [i][color=#6e7071]#6e7071[/color][/i][/indent][/indent][hr]
[right][sup][b][sup]2[/sup] Jean Genet
[sup]3[/sup] Bryant H. McGill
[sup]4[/sup] Eckhart Tolle
[sup]5[/sup] Robert Ludlum[/b][/sup][/right]