[hider=Jade Taylor // Black Ranger][color=708090][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w7XBj9H.png[/img]

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[sub][color=black]Jade Riley Taylor[/color] / [color=black]Jade[/color] / [color=black]24[/color] / [color=black]Black Dino Ranger[/color] / [color=black]Black/#000000[/color] / [color=black]Taylor Momsen[/color][/sub][/center]
[b][i][u][color=black]A P P E A R A N C E          [/color][/u][/i][/b]

[indent][indent]When she was a ranger during her youth, Jade was a lot leaner than she is now. That isn't to say she is all bones and flesh, but her training regime sort of died with the members of her team almost ten years ago. Her body has also gone through some very drastic trauma in the form of substance abuse. She stands around 5'5 and still holds a somewhat healthy weight ratio. Her hair is blonde and she has green eyes but you wouldn't be able to really pinpoint it because of the raccoon eyes she does with her makeup. Black as well with her lipstick. Jade is far from the [url=https://preview.redd.it/her-face-was-insane-actually-v0-pfqfur6tmtdc1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=62b43b4d9397c988d320b2b17285ee888e491bbb]Jade[/url] her living teammates knew her to be. A lot has changed.[/indent][/indent]
[b][i][u][color=black]S T Y L E                            [/color][/u][/i][/b]

[indent][indent]And the same could be said about her style. Back in high school, Jade held a rather firm lock on expressing herself too darkly. She was edgy and grungy but never full goth that she leans into now. She was like a certain bubblegum pop-punk princess from north of the border, but now she's more Maria Brink. She wears leather and not just the jacket her uncle gave her but the skin tight stuff. She also wears baggy attire sometimes when she feels like it but more often than not, Jade has gone full alt girl core. Trauma really is a deciding factor in how one expresses themselves.[/indent][/indent]
[b][i][u][color=black]P E R S O N A L I T Y        [/color][/u][/i][/b]

[indent][list][*][b][color=black]Dauntless[/color][/b] - It doesn't matter if it was in the past or in the now, something Jade has never lost was her fire. That fire made her a great candidate to become a ranger initially and, though it's been covered six feet deep, Jade has that same fire. She's the kind of person who has always spoken her mind. This has partly been due to the influence from Charlie, but it was how she was raised. Someone that was surrounded by strong personalities her whole life and someone who responded well to the tough love treatment. Being gentle with Jade or just flat out beating around the bush or not telling her shit will only get you a punch in the face. She needs to be told how it is in such a blunt manner because that's what she responds the best to.
[*][b][color=black]Stubborn[/color][/b] - And sometimes to a fault. Jade has always been and continues to be a growing headache in whosever ass has to deal with her. Yes, that fire never died. It might've grown wilder as the years and more abuse came her away, but that fire keeps her animated. Sometimes that can be a good thing. Having a fire lit inside you can light the way to a bright future, but then sometimes it can lead to a wildfire, causing catastrophe anywhere you go. Because of her past and how much it impacted her, Jade has seen disaster everywhere she went. 
[*][b][color=black]Compassionate[/color][/b] - Friendship, trust, emotions — they're all so complicated for Jade. It can be ruined far easier than it can be reforged or created. Jade has lost so much that sometimes she becomes a shell of her former good self, but to those who kept in contact and those who never let her drift too far from their hearts, that is something that Jade remembers and never forgot. For as far as she has fallen down, the angel whose wings were clipped from heartbreak, she kept a piece of her heart with those still with her and never let her forget that. To her, that meant the world and is probably why this particular lost soul is still among the living and is ready to give this ranger thing another shot. Or at the very least, face her past with eyes open and a heart yearning to trust again.[/list][/indent]
[b][i][u][color=black]F A C T S                           [/color][/u][/i][/b]

[indent][list][*]Jade was born and raised in Angel Grove by her Uncle Charlie Taylor, who owns a motorcycle club (not to be confused with a biker gang clubhouse). His business is where motorcycle enthusiasts can come, enjoy a beer or drink, and be around likeminded individuals without any worry of getting in any trouble. Jade grew up around big men with bushy beards and big hearts. They were thick skinned but the nicest bunch of bigfoot-looking men this side of the country. Their influence on Jade led to her never being bullied and never being a target for long. Anytime anyone tried to mess with her, Jade would show them exactly what they were messing with. A punch here, tackle there, and immediate detention for a week or two, but they learned. Bullies of all shapes, sizes, and shades would know that Jade Riley Taylor was not a girl to be fucked with. So maybe that's why she was the perfect candidate to become a power ranger. She never questioned it. Her large heart and compassion to protect people made her almost ideal to help protect the town she called home.
[*]Jade might not have been the tech wiz that Charlie was or really had any idea on how to program a computer, but she knew machines. Call her a gearhead, call her an oiler, but what Jade knew almost as well as she did kicking ass, taking names, and classic rock (classic by her uncle's standards, not her) was the beating, roaring heartbeat of a well-oiled, unneglected machine. It didn't matter if it was a motorcycle, classic American muscle, or a zord (or any of the other related machines they got access to), Jade could fix it. If there was an issue with it, she could find the problem. All she needed was some AC/DC or Ozzy playing, a bit of time, and her tools. Just give her that and Jade could fix anything.
[*]But there were some things that Jade [i]couldn't[/i] fix. For as gifted as she was, she couldn't fix the hole in her heart that losing Parker led to. Jade looked up to Parker. Someone like her made the world around her even brighter. No matter how long the battles went, how cold some nights were or how much the darkness tried to cancel out the light, Parker was someone Jade felt close to. She never...[i]ever[/i] confessed it but she loved Parker as much as anyone ever could. They were best friends but Jade felt something a bit deeper. She just didn't know how to express it and never got the chance to. Not until it was too late. After that, Jade felt lost. She graduated with her friends but she couldn't stay in Angel Grove, so she took an old bike she was working on, packed whatever she could into a bag and drove out of Angel Grove. She went as far as Silver Hills. She needed the change of scenery. In that time, she's lived in Mariner Bay, Reefside, Blue Harbor, and she even found herself in Briarwood. It wouldn't be until last night, she made her return to Angel Grove. Her uncle is turning 40 and she wanted to be there for his big birthday celebration.[/list][/indent]
[b][i][u][color=black]R A N G E R                    [/color][/u][/i][/b]

[indent][indent][b]Why is[color=black]JADE TAYLOR[/color] returning to the team?[/b] Jade lost a lot of herself ten years ago. A piece of her soul was lost forever and she's tired of running from what caused that. A decade full of misery, abuse to her soul, and substance abuse to her body has made her want to reclaim that part of her that was lost. She doesn't know it yet, but putting on the ranger mantle again might be the first step in doing that. Or simply making the decision to simply return is enough for her. Maybe that is enough.[/indent][/indent][/color][/hider]