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At 6'2, it's no surprise that Zhayne is easily noticed, and he seems to take a little but of pride in the fact that he sometimes had to bend his head under Forrest's to fit under them. His body is slender, and his skin wraps tightly around thickly veined muscles, he is by no means a body builder of any sort but seems to harbor some sort of modicum of strength and finesses in his bones. His lofty stance gives way to a young man who looks a bit frail but is stronger than he seems. His skin is a light brown due to his mixed ancestry, and his face is well proportioned, one could argue that he looks handsome for his age, but Zhay would probably laugh at the assumption. Features like his dark brown eyes seem to keep people focused on him whenever he grasps their attention, and blend well with his face. Arguably, his most noticeable feature is his long dreaded hair which is usually kept in a twisted ponytail or obscured by some hat. Often times he has other touching that long hair of his, which annoys him to no end since he usually asked questions about he upkeep or how long it's taken to grow it out. As far as he's concerned it's been this way since early childhood and he isn't all too eager to cut it off anytime soon at the behest of those claiming he could never get a job because of it. (if that wasn't already compounded by the fact that he was a mutant...) Normally you'll find him wearing a long sleeved shirt, or a hoodie, and some jeans, along with roughed up Nikes to boot, he isn't too in tune with his fashion and will wear anything sprawled on his dorm room floor.

Name:
Zhayne (Jah-ne) Spencer
Code-Name:
Animus
Age:
19
Gender:
Male
Danger Rank:
3
Personality:
Zhayne would consider himself to be a very practical person, down to earth, and as nice as time could afford. He always been labeled as rather relaxed, and mellow, and never finds it hard to adapt to his surroundings. He is calm and analytic, but slow at first approach whenever faced with a dilemma, it usually takes him some time to be open with others, but despite the small number of friends he has acquainted himself with, he is kind and generous to no fault. Disregarding his sometimes strange and awkward moments, Zhayne can be a true joy to be around once you learn to gain his trust. He is diligent about testing those he feels he can trust, and is always better in a small group of friends, though in hindsight the slow approach is the reason why he hasn't much experience in romantic relationships, and he be quite nervous when anyone asks him about his interactions, he isn't even quite sure himself, at 19 he should have at least laid claim to being with one person. He tends to come across at shy because of his preference of silence, while this is true to extent, his intentions are often misunderstood, especially when trying to gain new friends.

Yet, even with his bashfulness at times he isn't afraid to be who is, or show off a bit of his anger streak when others cross him the wrong way. Perhaps an interesting part of his personality is his sexuality, he has admitted to being openly homosexual, but is coy in delivering the terms to others, which either surprises them or doesn't. Despite being somewhat quiet, and observant, when put into danger Zhayne has shown many times that he is capable of defending himself, or crafty at escaping lest the situation calls for it, those who claim him to be a slow thinker, may not realize that it's effective to the way he methodically attacks. He can be taciturn, and stubborn when he feels he needs to be, and gets annoyed when things don't go his way. At his worst he can be self-indulgent, lazy, and even downright uncaring, at his best he is kid, generous, and intelligent. He would say that he is a perfect balance between the two.

Powers:
Animal Mimicry: Zhayne has the ability to mimic various abilities attributed to certain animals, like for example; being able to grow gills and breathe underwater like a fish, to run with the speed of a cheetah, or fly like a bird. This has advanced to the point that he can communicate loosely with other animals, his most recent experience being that with a chimp. The setback of these abilities is the fact that Zhayne needs to study said animal in order to duplicate the effect, and using mimicry can be hit or miss if he doesn't take care to practice. Having yourself unable to reassure your natural breathing habits for a whole day after figuring out how to actually mimic gills was a rather transformative experience for the young man, for one, he learned that it's never pleasant to have to tie a plastic bag full of water over your gills just to function. Trips to the zoo has helped him gain a slew of abilities, though their usefulness depends on the situation, so he finds it better to let this ability become a convenience for impressing others, or showing his powers off when suitable.

Animal Shapeshifting: New to Zhayne is the ability to take the form of animals, an ability that he came upon accidentally a few months before enrolling. His first year there he found it to be more of a burden than an actual help, and he had (and still has) actual fears using this power. The first time when he transformed he took on the form of a cat, which scared him to say the least, not knowing what happened to his body, and having very little control over the events surrounding him. The worse of it though was transforming back, the pain of which turned him off to transform again (not to mention the sudden lack of clothing). Even weeks after the transformation he was left with strange aftereffects, just as sharp claws, sharpened pupils but no night vision, and he could recall shedding hair much more quickly than any normal humans. Yet, only a year after remaining at the academy Zhayne has learned to temper this power, being able to change into fro far more easily when it comes to smaller animals, but limited by his transformation into larger animals. While it still garners pain on the occasion, he seems to be able to ignore it for the most part as long as he doesn't overexert his form.

How long at the Institute:
2 years

Favorite subject:
"I don't know...Math?"

Favorite teacher
Beast ('Well not really a teacher is he?")

Skills:
-Cooking
-Skateboarding
-Hiking
-Brawling (knows enough to get him through superficial fights, and to defend himself)
-Free Jumping (very useful when you have the agility of a cat)

Backstory:
Shame how the boy was robbed of a childhood early in his life. For him, the first sensation he could clearly recall was the smell of cinnamon, and the fact that wherever he lived, the walls never seemed to be dry, and was always slick with water from the incessant boiling of a pot under a stove that he could never reach with his tiny stature. Then came an uneasy period, lots of fighting and shouting, things muttered like mutant!, freak!, we can't afford that!. Zhayne was only half aware of some of things around him, and paid less and less attention with the yelling would occur. After that, being awoken from the only decent sleep he could ever remember having, and then being thrusted into the back seat of car, it seemed even in his sleepy stupor that the window burned with a fiery glow, like the night had suddenly borrowed rays from the sun. Little did he know about the riots that occurred that night, the riots near his place of residency, even to this day when he searches on the internet about the riots, the memory is fresh in his skull, angry faces, traffic abuzz, frantic breathes from the driver of the car. Somehow the two were able to escape the now ruins of his former hometown, and drove from miles. At this point, he made sure to commit more to his memory than the things he felt he should avoid just because he was a child.

The person he escaped with was his father, and he could only assume that the worse happened to his mother, or perhaps she felt it better to leave him in another's hands, he would never know since he'd never, met the woman, or felt the need to. He can at least have some type of solace in knowing that there was a time she wanted him, until (according to his father) when she held him a few months after his birth in the dark, and his pupils grew feline in shape. Afterwards, (he recounts humorously) they got rid of the cat, but the incidents never stopped there. It was only when he was five that his father was given the motivation to leave, he was forced by the riots, to think that someone could arbor such hatred for his child was an unbearable thought, it was already obvious by the way other kids were told to avoid Zhayne that others were catching on, he would be targeted, and who knows what else. The two of them spent 3 years on the road, motels, and gaudy fast food seemed to serve them well enough, he moved from school to school, and never found a way to stick. Of course there were still incident here and there, people still had a tendency to look at him strangely, and then his father was once again forced to whisk him away elsewhere, at one point it became damaging to the point that he found it difficult to communicate with others in fear that they would somehow see the fact that he was mutant. It was at that time that his father took him away again, far into the more nature bound places, his grandmother had long owned a vast amount of land, and was all too eager to offer a place for her son and grandson even knowing their predicament.

That was probably the most enjoyable part of his life, the period of time where abilities were greatly expanded upon. A lush forest seemed to jut out a little ways from the Victorian styled architecture of his grandmother's house, and from there he was able to pick up a slew of abilities, both strange and entertaining to the both of them. His father secured an obscure job in the small town a little ways from the land, and Zhayne attending school, but was able to control his abilities for the sake of keeping his identity safe. Years went pass, and for once Zhayne felt he had a home, and a permanent place to stay, he was comfortable enough with the people raising him to even reveal his sexuality, and they were just as accepting as they were of his mutant abilities, though of course it would be until he was 17 that things seemed to naturally spiral downwards. It wasn't long until popular opinion of mutant seemed to reach the little town, and things became terse for the small family. Zhayne felt himself rather bored with the fact that he couldn't completely be himself. When discussing the problem in a class of his, Zhayne was too adamant about his stance on mutants, and attracted the attention of a few students, whose beliefs opposed his own. Months later, when shopping in one of the small shops in town, just a few weeks since his graduation, you couldn't even say the word Mutant without being looked strangely, somehow the mention of such always had to be negative. He would find one of his old colleagues, drunken, gun at hand, idiotically ribbing a sore that he gone to for nearly years. Zhayne would fins himself trying to reason with him, until the gun was turned on him, slurs were thrown his way, none of which he'd ever wanted spurted to him ever again. When it became apparent that the gun was close to firing in his face, he felt the world shift and his body shrink, the gun slipping out of the grasp of the offender, and a small dark body racing out the store as fast as it could. Unaware of just where it was going or why, just running for the sake of running.

When exhaustion finally met up with the feline, it stopped dead in the middle of nowhere panting, reverting back painfully into it's human form, blistering rain seemed to sweep over Zhayne, and for whatever reason he was nude, and hurting in places he'd rather not speak about. After that, everything seemed to wash into a blur, similar to how his early childhood occurred. All he knew is that he wanted to hear nothing of mutants, or powers, and simply wished for a way out. He was able to find places to sleep, odd, low paying jobs that helped him acquire shelter and food to eat for a short time.For the longest it seemed he lived only to live, before he knew it a full year had passed until he heard about the Institute, he heralded the courage to travel to the Institute and craft a new life for himself, but time can only tell when he find it worthwhile to even have powers in the first place.

Zhayne Spencer| Calm, Practical, Down to Earth |19
♥ = romantic || ☺= friends || ☠ = enemies || ◑ = neutral

Pyra|Sarina Saunders

"Makes sense for her to be able to naturally attract people, her powers are much like her spirit, so I can't complain when I find her to be a source of inspiration, and a great friend overall. I will say though that her powers have scared me from time to time."

Bass|Caleb Idlett

"Thought I'd be a little too slow for Caleb, but he's pretty open to anybody and anything. He's a like a energetic kitten, you can't really take your attention off of it, because it's always doing something to sate it's curiosity. I guess I just get along well with extroverts or something."

Raiix|Shuya 'Steve' Denzan

Never talked to him, but I've never witnessed anything that could make him a friend or an enemy. He seems alright though, and has a pretty neat power."

Elixir|Aaron 'X'

Ah, I couldn't be happier to be dating Aaron, even though I don't show it. I mean I've never been a romantic person, but I can't say there's ever been anyone who's set my heart beating like Aaron had, I'll never say it though. Really he can be the kindest, most compassionate person, and I get flustered just thinking about my dumb feelings for him and my inability to communicate them. Either way, things can really only get better I think."

Prodigy|Heidi Williams

"I find Heidi to be something like a hidden gem, people may or may not think much of her powers, but from what I've seen she's shown to make herself more than capable than even me. I find her impressive, and almost a bit intimidating, because of how easy it is for her to formulate plans. Other than that, she makes a great friend, I would say that she's a good person, but just lacks some direction."

Scattershot|Jacob Jones

"It's probably difficult to find people like Jacob in this world, I really have nothing but good words for this guy, not to mention we're both from the South, and I enjoy kicking his ass playing video games, never gets old."

Eye Spy|Jay Redmond

"What a freaky power man...it makes me want to ask less than normal questions. I wonder what types of challenges he had growing up with his power, and if it's any good if he's trying to cheat on tests?"

Chimera|James Venture

" We have the same powers....kinda? I'm incredibly curious about what I've heard about him, but at the same time who knows what might happen, it is safe for me to say that'd I like to train with him?"

Sage|Laurie

Not sure what to think of her, but I think her power is kinda unfortunate to have, I mean being able to see everything that might befall the people around you must be bewildering."

Odin|John Smith

"Scary, almost supernatural, like some guy you'd meet in a Western about Hell, he'd probably play the Grim Reaper or something. Need to hear him talk more at some point."

V for Vanquish|Jeanvieve "Vivi" Monceux

"Even though I'm not really sure why she hates shapeshifters, I can't really say that she's ever treated me like shit, and I'm not sure what she sees in me either, but it's nice to know that I'm on her good side. I figure it's pretty hard to get there."

Name:
Raleigh Andrews
Nickname(s):
Rae
Number
Third Child
Age
15:
Personality:

Suffice it to say, Raleigh is like any other everyday guy. Save for his witty sarcasm, and his potty mouth. Raleigh is as nice, and as helpful as anyone could be. Noted by anyone who stands around him for more than ten minutes, Raleigh is a hard worker, loyal, and trustworthy, he takes it upon himself to be as honest as possible, but sometimes this honesty may be seen as frank or harsh, but he never means to come across this way. To some, Raleigh may seem a little sheltered, and quiet, but he usually goes through intense thinking processes before he does most anything, meaning that he can be calculated in his responses and actions. As far as his inner feelings, Raleigh is actually quite sensitive at heart, and will not stand for being insulted or taking damage to his character, this sensitivity extends onto even his close friends, where he may be caught viciously defending them. He takes too much to heart, and should for the future try and ward off things that may seem to hurt him, but Raleigh has never exactly had a stable self esteem, except when concerning his skill with machinery. The boy has set some negative aspects about himself, particularly the fact that he's always wanting to take charge when a project comes his way, and that he has a hard time working in groups. Despite his low self esteem, confidence seems to be brimming in him. He is also instilled with a sort of hardy, aggressive air about him, when he wants something done, he does it himself, and regrets nothing that he does. He is never unsure, or short footed, and he always has an answer for everything he does.

Raleigh is not very sentimental, or nostalgic at all, he tends to disassociate with anything that reminds him of his past, to move on towards the future with no shame. He is quite studious, and intelligent, but when something doesn't hold his attention he will stray immediately and refuse to do it, often causing problems between him and authority. He abhors being held back from his ambitions, and can be lured into trouble by virtue of being argumentative, and straightforward. He can be a bit of a jokester, and he cusses so often that even some staff has stopped paying attention to it. Raleigh is a practical person, who tries to find a practical use for everything, he pays attention to precise details, and can be almost obsessive when something becomes a major interest for him. For his father's child, he feels he too strongly embodies his traits, and when people mention that he's anything like him, he tends to reflect and once again (something he does often) disassociate.

Major Flaw:
One would be surprised to know that behind this well mannered facade, Raleigh harbors a dense hatred of people, which mainly comes from him not being able to understand other viewpoints. Every flaw he sees in anyone even remotely close to him, he uses as an ace to manipulate them into doing the things he wants them to do. He holds a narcissism that he is unaware of, thinking that he is perhaps the leading example of what a human should be, a role model of sorts, and other people are inferior. He doesn't seek to better them, but rather affix them to his own logic. This is also the reason why many people have come to realize that they know so little about Raleigh's emotional or mental state, he makes sure that his own glaring flaws aren't shown, but this in turn makes his existence a truly lonely one, and has made him a rather pessimistic person on the inside. He seems to be unable to form bonds despite an outwardly warm nature, and shirks away from affection of any sorts.

When he realizes he's doing these things, he reverts into a very quiet state, and can become aloof, unresponsive, hesitant, and somber. He hates himself for doing it, and tries earnestly to change the behavior but it is for now seemingly beyond hope.

Opinions on the Evangelions:
He actually isn't very fond of his Evangelion, he likes to think of a tool used to manipulate him since his mother's soul is resident inside, and regardless of whether or not he wanted to pilot it, fate would have that he pretty much has no choice in the matter.

Relationships With Other Current Characters:(you'll have to take a close look at the profiles of every previous character before making this; only a sentence or two is necessary):

History:
WIP
Notes:

Unit Number:
Unit-03

Unit Nickname:
Affectionately called Smoking Barrel by Raleigh (reasons why below)

Preferred Combat Style:
Long Range Artillery (the works)

Preferred Weaponry:
Type MM-99 Evangelion Large Caliber Rifle / AU Assault Rifle

Integral Weaponry:
The shoulder pylons are often used as racks of some sort for his artillery, every time he runs out of ammo the Pylons steam to signal him to grab another set of ammunition.

Unit Notes:
Raleigh's nickname for the eva unit comes from the steam that pours out of the pylons when he uses his Rifle.

just need to finish the history, which I'm currently working on.

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