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X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 So, eh what should I do for an opening post? I can't think of anything.

Persona: Winds of Change

@PandaBrady Is Judgement taken?

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 Taylor is going to be the one weird guy.

While everyone is socializing, he'll be in the corner sipping his drink.

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

Rocket

"There's nothing wrong with me. I'm fine."

- Taylor Garrick

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Codename:

_Rocket.

Age:

_19.

Gender:

_Male.

Sexuality:

_{Not sure of.}

Relationship Status:

_Single.

Species:

_{Homo Superior. (Or simply known as Mutant.)}

History:

<sub>"I'm not letting him join your goddamn X-Men!" Emily Garrick said, her face stern and angry. She could not let him do this, considering that mutants are being hunted day and night by those villainous Equalists. She wasn't going to loose Taylor as well. She calmed herself down, and realized. What would Jason would've want for him? And she sighed, he'd want for Taylor to make his own choice.

Waking up at three years old, in an alleyway with newspapers and trash while being hated by humanity is something no one would want to go through. Yet this child did, his mother and father had left him to die on the streets once they had seen his powers. There is such a hollow void in his mind, something was always missing, the blurry memories were all he had. The boy wanted to know them, he always had. The boy had always had an serious expression when he was little.

He grew up on the streets, with no one to support him. He stole food, shoplifted candy or clothes, about doing anything he could to survive. It was rough, sure but it kept him alive, and his ability to jump high helped him when it came to stealing or finding food. It was a hard life, but he never complained. He could've been dead, but he was still here.

After a year of their marriage, Emily and Jason Garrick had wanted a child, unfortunately they tried but they couldn't. They believed in equality for mutants and humans. So when they found the unnamed dirty blonde preteen that had the ability to jump higher than the average human, they had adored him, not caring of his abilities. They adopted him and gave him the name Taylor Jason Garrick. And they treated him like he was their actual son. And now he had something to fill those blurry memories with.

His secondary mutant power had became active when he was being jumped by a group of thugs. He was walking home from his high school, since his foster parents wanted him to have a good education, and was attacked and almost killed. These thugs wanted his wallet, and he had said no. As soon as he was on the ground, and threw one off of him into a wall by just struggling, they ran off. And he had realized that he had super strength.

Taylor and his parents were happy. Unfortunately, good things don't last. Jonas, Taylor's father was hit by an car when walking down the road. The car was speeding, and Jason had no time to see it. The driver kept on driving, and was never caught, at least yet. They tried to save him in the hospital, but couldn't. This changed Taylor into the way he is now.

It didn't take a long amount of time after his father's death for the group of mutants fighting for the right cause known as the X-Men, noticed Taylor's incredible abilities and wanted to recruit him. Taylor wanted to make a difference in the world, and like his father said. It was his choice.

And what was his answer? Yes.</sub>

Appearance:

<sub>Taylor, for a young man like himself, has a very decent body build. A decent six pack. He has dirty blonde hair, if it was any darker it would be brown. His eyes are a pale green, and his height is about 6'1". The teenager weighs about 142 lbs, around the average weight for a 17 year old male. His hair is always short, his sideburns usually being a darker blonde than the rest of his hair.

His eyebrows are also about the same color as his sideburns. The right side of his shoulder seems to be a stab wound, from the day he was jumped. He also has two tiny slash marks on his chest, from the same fight. He does also seem to have some bruises, it seems to be the only marks he has on his body.

His body build seems to be the equivalent of an athlete. A very slim build, but with a good enough amount of muscle. He would be considered a very handsome teenager to society, if he wasn't a Mutant of course.</sub>

Powers:

<sub>Taylor has the ability to jump high, and somewhat fast. Simulating a mini-rocket going up in the air, which is the reason Rocket is his codename. He can reach many distances, and has even climbed up a building with jumping only 7 times. This is obviously something the natural human could never do. He can sort of climb buildings by jumping on the wall, going in the air, and jumping up again to repeat the process, sort of like bouncing sideways. He can also charge his jumps, making him go even higher than normal. This can be a problem though, considering it takes up a lot of stamina, depending on how high the jump. Somehow, gravity doesn't affect him when he lands back on the ground.

He also has super strength. He can punch through walls, and break one of the opponent's ribs with a good punch. He can pick up objects like an car, or an lamp post. But this would be the equivalent to picking up a long dumbbell without any help. If he's rather angry, his super strength could be amplified a little to the point where can tap glass and a big crack would appear, and if he'd tap it harder, it would full shatter. This goes well with his super jumps, he could dig his hands into the wall like a pickaxe going into rock, helping him climb up if he slips. He basically has the standard super strength abilities.</sub>

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Personality:

<sub>Taylor isn't the average irresponsible, non-caring teenager. Matter of fact, he's the exact opposite of that. He cares a lot about his friends, family, or lovers. He seems to goodhearted and wants equality just like his parents. He is not really the social type though, which is one of his biggest problems. He doesn't really like to talk the others, he's usually quiet and just thinking. He is overall a serious person for a young man his age. But he isn't stern, and does smile and laugh at people's jokes.

He selectively becomes friendly to people over time. He doesn't naturally start liking a ally in the first couple of days like anyone else would. He studies them first, see how they act towards others, see what they like, and if then he chooses if to rather be friends with them or not. A very weird way of making friends.

He's not sure about what sexuality he is, and seems emotionally distant, when he isn't. He's just confused, he doesn't know if he likes a guy or girl, or both. Which makes his love life a little bit complicated, considering he has never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. This is something he would like to explore.

He's not much of a interesting person, but he does seem to have potential. He follows orders, and will cooperate with teammates, even if he doesn't like that certain teammate.</sub>

Likes:

Coffee, Drama movies, Action movies, Dogs, Games.

Dislikes:

Death, Equalists, Cats, Guns, Books.

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How To Save A Life - The Fray
<sub>"Step one, you say we need to talk
He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left, and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all, you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life
How to save a life

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life
How to save a life"</sub>

Relationships

"Friends? What do you mean?"
♦ Respects ~*~ ≈ Neutral ~*~ ♣ Friends ~*~ ♫ Best Friends~*~ § Tense ~*~ ♥ Crush ~*~ ♠ Significant Other ~*~ ∅ Enemies

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♦ Professor Francis Latour ♦
"I just met the leader of the X-Man...W-wow."
Considering that Taylor is an all time fan of the X-Men, the Professor is a very big hero to him. Besides the fact that the Professor seems a little too.. blunt.

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♣ Loki Cage ♣
"One hell of an animal."
So far, Loki Cage seems like a pretty nice guy. Taylor could get use to him, plus at the first meeting, Loki seemed cool.

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≈ William Lockhart. ≈
"Seems like a nice guy, for a guy that can blast energy out of his body."
He's seen the guy, not much talk though. So basically they don't know each other.

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≈ Grace Potter ≈
"Don't know her, not sure if I want to know her."
Taylor has never spoken to her.

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≈ Johnny Van Ronk ≈
"Dunno that guy."
Taylor does not know Johnny.

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≈ James Erikson ≈
"Looks like a nice guy, don't know him though."
Taylor does not know James.

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≈ Christie Rachel Marks ≈
"She's....Keep her away from me, and I'm good."
Taylor is honestly scared of Christie, and would rather not know her.

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≈ Astrid Cable ≈
"I could use friends like her, well not when she's hungry or sleepy."
Taylor would like to know her, but would rather try to stay away from her when she's ticked off.

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≈ Raylan Elisha Wilcox ≈
"If he comes at me, I won't hesitate to knock his teeth down his throat."
Taylor does not want to know this guy at all.

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≈ ]Aaliyah Cruze ≈
"I'd hang with her."
Taylor would have no problem hanging out with his chick, but doesn't know her.

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≈ Sophie Blackthorn ≈
"Seems nice, I guess."
Taylor doesn't know her, but he can assume she may be a nice person.

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01
Also, I can't think of a theme that fits Taylor's personality better

Rocket

Taylor Jason Garrick

"I'm just as human as an actual human."

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Codename:

_Rocket.

Age:

_17.

Gender:

_Male.

Sexuality:

_{Not sure of.}

Relationship Status:

_Single.

Species:

_{Homo Superior. (Or simply known as Mutant.)}

History:

<sub>"I'm not letting him join your goddamn X-Men!" Emily Garrick said, her face stern and angry. She could not let him do this, considering that mutants are being hunted day and night by those villainous Equalists. She calmed down, and thought. Jason would've wanted him to have a choice in this, wouldn't he. He always did. It was his choice after all.

Waking up at three years old, in an alleyway with newspapers and trash while being hated by humanity is something no one would want to go through. Yet this child did, his mother and father had left him to die on the streets once they had seen his powers. There is such a hollow void in his mind, something was always missing, the blurry memories were all he had. The boy wanted to know them, he always had. The boy had always had an serious expression when he was little.

He grew up on the streets, with no one to support him. He stole food, shoplifted candy or clothes, about doing anything he could to survive. It was rough, sure but it kept him alive, and his ability to jump high helped him when it came to stealing or finding food. It was a hard life, but he never complained. He could've been dead, but he was still here.

After a year of their marriage, Emily and Jason Garrick had wanted a child, unfortunately they tried but they couldn't. They believed in equality for mutants and humans. So when they found the unnamed dirty blonde preteen that had the ability to jump higher than the average human, they had adored him, not caring of his abilities. They adopted him and gave him the name Taylor Jason Garrick. And they treated him like he was their actual son. And now he had something to fill those blurry memories with.

His secondary mutant power had became active when he was being jumped by a group of thugs. He was walking home from his high school, since his foster parents wanted him to have a good education, and was attacked and almost killed. These thugs wanted his wallet, and he had said no. As soon as he was on the ground, and threw one off of him into a wall by just struggling, they ran off. And he had realized that he had super strength.

It would only be so long until the Equalists found out about Taylor and that his parents believed in equality. One day, when Jason Garrick was driving to work, he was shot at by three Equalists. His car swerved, and he crashed. Taylor's father was dead, for the first time in so many years, Taylor cried. His mother was mourning just as bad as him.

At the funeral, Taylor realized he didn't want anyone else to have the same fate by the Equalists. But he was just one mutant, not like he could do anything by himself.

It didn't take a long amount of time after his father's death for the group of mutants fighting for the right cause known as the X-Men, noticed Taylor's incredible abilities and wanted to recruit him. Taylor wanted to make a difference in the world, plus his father would've wanted him to have a choice.

And what was his answer? Yes.</sub>

Appearance:

<sub>Taylor, for a young man like himself, has a very decent body build. A decent six pack. He has dirty blonde hair, if it was any darker it would be brown. His eyes are a pale green, and his height is about 6'1". The teenager weighs about 142 lbs, around the average weight for a 17 year old male. His hair is always short, his sideburns usually being a darker blonde than the rest of his hair.

His eyebrows are also about the same color as his sideburns. The right side of his shoulder seems to be a stab wound, from the day he was jumped. He also has two tiny slash marks on his chest, from the same fight. He does also seem to have some bruises, it seems to be the only marks he has on his body.

His body build seems to be the equivalent of an athlete. A very slim build, but with a good enough amount of muscle. He would be considered a very handsome teenager to society, if he wasn't a Mutant of course.</sub>

Powers:

<sub>Taylor has the ability to jump high, and somewhat fast. Simulating a mini-rocket going up in the air, which is the reason Rocket is his codename. He can reach many distances, and has even climbed up a building with jumping only 7 times. This is obviously something the natural human could never do. He can sort of climb buildings by jumping on the wall, going in the air, and jumping up again to repeat the process, sort of like bouncing sideways. He can also charge his jumps, making him go even higher than normal. This can be a problem though, considering it takes up a lot of stamina, depending on how high the jump. Somehow, gravity doesn't affect him when he lands back on the ground.

He also has super strength. He can punch through walls, and break one of the opponent's ribs with a good punch. He can pick up objects like an car, or an lamp post. But this would be the equivalent to picking up a long dumbbell without any help. If he's rather angry, his super strength could be amplified a little to the point where can tap glass and a big crack would appear, and if he'd tap it harder, it would full shatter. This goes well with his super jumps, he could dig his hands into the wall like a pickaxe going into rock, helping him climb up if he slips. He basically has the standard super strength abilities.</sub>

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Personality:

<sub>Taylor isn't the average irresponsible, non-caring teenager. Matter of fact, he's the exact opposite of that. He cares a lot about his friends, family, or lovers. He seems to goodhearted and wants equality just like his parents. He is not really the social type though, which is one of his biggest problems. He doesn't really like to talk the others, he's usually quiet and just thinking. He is overall a serious person for a young man his age. But he isn't stern, and does smile and laugh at people's jokes.

He selectively becomes friendly to people over time. He doesn't naturally start liking a ally in the first couple of days like anyone else would. He studies them first, see how they act towards others, see what they like, and if then he chooses if to rather be friends with them or not. A very weird way of making friends.

He's not sure about what sexuality he is, and seems emotionally distant, when he isn't. He's just confused, he doesn't know if he likes a guy or girl, or both. Which makes his love life a little bit complicated, considering he has never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. This is something he would like to explore.

He's not much of a interesting person, but he does seem to have potential. He follows orders, and will cooperate with teammates, even if he doesn't like that certain teammate.</sub>

Likes:

Coffee, Drama movies, Action movies, Dogs, Games.

Dislikes:

Death, Equalists, Cats, Guns, Books.

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Numb - Linkin Park
_{"I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me, and be less like you."}

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 Yeah, without the feet for hands and the ability to climb with those feet. Just enhanced jumping and enhanced strength.

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 Light doesn't fall anyway near in the category, it's the ability to manipulate LIGHT, and Plasma is different. Plasma can make constructs and such, light can be blasts, bright lights to distract opponents, but if you don't like that, I understand it's close to Plasma.

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 Actually how about Enhanced Abilities. The ones I'd like to use is Enhanced Strength and Enhanced Jumping Skills, and maybe a tiny, tiny, little bit of extra durability.

Would that be a okay power set?

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 What about...uhh...Powers that are like Cyclops and Havok's? *Both use Plasma Energy Manipulation, the only difference is Cyclops uses it out of his eyes, and Havok uses it out of his chest. Not to mention Cyclops' optic blast is red, and Havok's chest blast is blue.

What about Light Manipulation?

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@BlackPanther I would pay to see a female version of Black Panther in the comics, like maybe the daughter of T'Challa.