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So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.

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B A N J O
B A N J O
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"When'd I get back? I didn't bloody go anywhere. For once in me life I stayed put."
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C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T
C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T
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C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y
C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y
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Andrew(?) "Banjo" Olyphant (Almost certainly not...)
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April18th | 22 | Caucasian
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Marital Status | Male | Heterosexual
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As yet unrevealed | As yet unrevealed | Australia
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Strigidae | Team 21 - Blackjack

C H A R A C T E R S T A T S
C H A R A C T E R S T A T S
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B U I L D || Lean/Athletic
H A I R C O L O U R || Light brown
E Y E C O L O U R || Blue
H E I G H T || 6'0"
W E I G H T || 170 lbs
S C A R S || Nil
T A T T O O S || Nil
P I E R C I N G S || Nil
O T H E R || Dishevelled
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T
C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T
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Banjo was stuffed in an orphanage/care facility from before he could remember until he reached school age. He was then retrieved from this care facility at school age and relocated to a boarding school, by an intermediary he calls "The Butler" due to the man's dress and being provided with no other name. He was then moved around to different boarding schools within Australia - sometimes extremely lengthy trips across state lines - at various times, sometimes for questionable behaviour, and sometimes for seemingly no reason at all over the next ten years.

On April 18th he was relocated one final time. A footlocker containing all of his worldly belongings was his luggage for an International flight to Vancouver, before the long drive up the Western Canadian coastline to Dundas Island, where he would receive more permanent schooling. The school his parents - whoever they were - had planned for years for him to attend.

D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E & A E S T H E T I C
D E T A I L E D A P P E A R A N C E & A E S T H E T I C
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When not using his hyperhuman powers he is a dishevelled looking lean, but average looking teenage caucasian male with sun-bleached, light brown hair and blue eyes.

He wears his proper school uniform to the letter of the regulations, but in a rough, untidy state. He's also taken to adorning the uniform's dress peak cap in combination with the regular uniform before school hours and as soon as the clock ticks 1601 - because he's found it irritates certain members of the faculty.

When using his power he appears as jet black, due to not reflecting any light as he is absorbing it at the time. He is surrounded by an aurora corona - the effect of surrounding light bending around his person to be absorbed.

M A N N E R I S M S & P E R S O N A L I T Y
M A N N E R I S M S & P E R S O N A L I T Y
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Sorely lacking stable consistent parental figures and because he was bounced around so much to different boarding schools irrespective of his behaviour, he's prone to misbehaving and pressing boundaries. He has a strong antiauthoritarian streak and enjoys little more than talking his way out of trouble - as such he's found comfort in law and is presently considering the legal profession in his higher education.

Not opposed to provoking people just for provocation's sake. Will get himself into trouble purely because he enjoys seeing if he can extricate himself from it.

Can be abrasive. Will be abrasive. By anyone's definition IS abrasive. But that's all part of the charm...
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A B I L I T I E S, L I M I T A T I O N S, & W E A K N E S S E S
A B I L I T I E S, L I M I T A T I O N S, & W E A K N E S S E S
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H Y P E R H U M A N A B I L I T Y || P H O T O - T H E R M O K I N E T I C
E N E R G Y M E T A B O L I Z A T I O N

__PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION || Exoteric
__SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION || Fundamental
__POWER SCALE || 05
__THREAT CLASSIFICATION || Δ

Banjo's HZE conversion allows him to draw upon ambient heat/energy/light in a way that enhances his musculature and creates and strengthens neural pathways, also creating a greater capacity for intelligence.

The nature of his powers also means he has acute thermoception (can determine local temperature to a tenth of a degree) and tolerance to extreme heat and cold.

When he uses his power, he turns completely black as ambient light is being absorbed and there is no reflected light, and appears to be surrounded by an aurora corona due to the effect of bending light around into himself.

When using his power, local temperature and light will drop as he draws upon it, in proportion to how much energy he is drawing.

L I M I T A T I O N S ||

His biggest limitation has been himself. Due to the intelligence gained from early use of his powers, he now sees great potential for things to go wrong in using or abusing those powers - to the extent where he believes he even has the capacity to cause the complete heat death of the planet, solar system and universe beyond.

He is, of course, not anywhere near capable of this at this point. He merely fears his potential.

Whilst his powers create new neural pathways, and clear and strengthen existing neural pathways, they do not bestow upon him any NEW knowledge or intelligence. They merely grant him the capacity for increased intelligence (and perhaps grant focus/allow him to think more clearly).

Likewise, the way his powers affect his musculature are exponential working off his initial baseline strength... so in other words, he would not have to use his powers to absorb as much energy in order to lift a large object if he were well trained and fit, as he would if lazy and ignoring any kind of training regiment.

He won't use his powers in close contact of others, and is even extremely loathe to use them indoors in general.

W E A K N E S S E S ||

As well as his own fear of his powers he's been having recurring nightmares where he finds himself encased in a small, confined, vacuum-sealed space - acute claustrophoblia.

At this point his power taps out at barely above a peak-level human (think Super Soldier Serum enhanced human ala Captain America) in terms of strength, speed, agility, stamina. He's potentially capable of exponentially more though, but again his unwillingness to take that plunge, and see the true depths of his capabilities, stands in his way.

Use of his powers whilst in direct contact with another COULD potentially cause devastating harm and/or death, since he draws heat and light. This is not a baseless fear he has. So far he has never hurt anyone in this way, though. He's just terrified of it happening.

Whilst intelligent and quick-witted, he's fairly young and in many ways still naive.

P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
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We're finally at that point where we address all of those questions of his origin!

What exactly IS his real name? Who is the Butler? Who tampered with his memories? Why have they been running all of these years? Why the claustrophobia, and the nagging fears he sometimes gets?

There ARE actal answers to these questions... and we're gonna get to 'em!
S K I L L S & T A L E N T S
S K I L L S & T A L E N T S
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L O C K P I C K I N G || Banjo is capable of picking simple locks. Don't ask. It's a boarding school skill.

...which isn't uncommon for people who have spent as many hours in detention as he has.

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S I L V E R T O N G U E || Banjo is adept at talking his way out of trouble, or producing mitigating circumstances as well as finding technical loopholes that allow his behaviour or at least cast it in the "grey" area.

He'd been called a #*$&% for a long time. Little did he know he's ACTUALLY been a naturally talented lawyer for years.
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C H A R A C T E R A R S E N A L
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A D D I T I O N A L N O T E S
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P O S T C A T A L O G
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P E R S O N A L P R O M P T S
P E R S O N A L P R O M P T S
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E N T E R I N G I N T O Y O U R F I N A L Y E A R, W H A T A D V I C E D O Y O U H A V E T O A N E W S T U D E N T?

"Well, shit...

...

...get y'self a better bloody mentor, I s'pose. F'r a start..."

W H A T W E R E Y O U R A S P I R A T I O N S W H E N Y O U S T A R T E D H E R E? W H A T C H A N G E D, W H A T S T A Y E D T H E S A M E?

"Aspirations..? Have you met me?

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Y'r serious..?"


*Subject Sighs*

"Alright, when I got here I figured I'd be in-and-out and off some bloody new place within two months.

We're comin' up to four years now. I'm still here. What, are we lookin' for like tangible bloody things, or-- Oh, I know! I wanted to get through school and get me BAR card. That's lookin' like that'll happen. Grades are no sweat there, and I'm all set for the BAR exam. Could prob'ly crush it tomorrow, truthbetold. Now me other grades... well, let's keep it PG, eh?

So I guess there's that. You're probably lookin' at a future lawyer."

I F Y O U C O U L D M A K E O N E C H A N G E T O Y O U R T I M E A T P . R . C . U ., W H A T W O U L D I T B E?

"When I told that terrorist Hyperion to go fuck himself..?

...Yeah.

...I'd probably give him the finger as I did it, if I had to do it over.

...no, wait! Double birds!"


*Subject flips off interviewer with both hands*

"That and the time I tried cafeteria sushi when Rory and Trevor were on chef duty, aside... no regrets.

Well, let me put it this way, have you ever thought of the possibilty of a raw prawn taking up the same blended space with poorly cooked - I'm not entirely sure it WAS cooked - chicken, wrapped in uncooked rice and seaweed, with a bit of avo mixed in? Yeah, uncooked rice. Bone dry, hard and crunchy. They tried to bind it with some kind of sriracha. Can you imagine that?

No..?

Well, every day I live in envy of you then.

If I couldn't go the instant sunbath cleanse, I suspect they'd have dropped me via salmonella."
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"I know what you're doing. Knock it off."
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" T H E B U T L E R " / " H A R O L D H O L T " || A S S O C I A T E
" T H E B U T L E R " / " H A R O L D H O L T " || A S S O C I A T E
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The one throughline in Banjo's life. He's the man who has transported him through all of the schools Banjo has ever attended. He's become more laconic and careful with what he says, after it became obvious Banjo had been trying to squeeze information out of him.

He seems to be Banjo's "Handler" and seems to equal parts respect his ability to find and remove himself from trouble, and find it incredibly frustrating due to the nature of his role.

Banjo has no means of contacting him. He seems to just keep tabs on developments regarding Banjo and appears when something comes up. Usually - let's face it - to reprimand him.


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"I don't know that they'd want us doing that..."
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A L E X Z I M M E R M A N || R O O M M A T E
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Banjo's roommate, along with another called 'Big Steve' (who's name is not even 'Steve' but stuck as a nickname from a mistaken identity in his first week) and an as yet unnamed third person.

Alex was a late transferral to H.E.A.T Program after Hyperion's Attack. Doesn't like bullies, and has started to grow into himself after a life of being "small for his age" (very late bloomer, grew 2 inches and added fifteen pounds in the last year). Always viewed himself as 'Just little Alex' but started to think maybe, just maybe, he could be something more.

Some lofty dreams, huge comics fan. His favourite hero is Superman, but has an in-depth knowledge of comics across the board. May perhaps use comics too frequently in analogies and examples. Well read in general. All he really had in Onanole to keep him preoccupied was a book store called 'Poor Michael's Emporium'.

Sorry I've not written anything IC so far, I was writing my first post as a collab that's stalled a bit. Promise I am still here.


Don't think anyone's in a position to nitpick anyone for pace on here, my dude.

I'm about as active as anyone on here, and I've been dragging my feet by my own standards too, due to lack of time. It'll get done when it's done.
Good new stuff. Pretty much have my sheet done.
Holmes stuff is straight fire, @DocTachyon
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Do I bring Calliope back for this or nah?


Personally...

...hope so.
Heavy WIP, definitely a coming soonTM situation. Have some stuff to flesh out for lore and need to revise the CS and some of the other OOC elements.


Too late! Expect CS tonight!
"Lay off the brake, you'll soak the bloody snags!"



In other words, stand by for a... not unfamiliar... updated character sheet.













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