Post by bandit on Jan 5, 2012 16:02:52 GMT -7
Name: Bruce Castellan
Code Name: Bandit
Status: Rookie X-Man
Age/ D.O.B : 19 years old, May 19th
Gender: Male
Powers: Bruce has an above average elastic quality to his body which includes his skin, bones and organs. He can soften his body to the point of being able to squeeze through cracks in walls and compress his bodily organs and bones to do it. Put simply, he can squeeze his way through almost any hole or small crack, squeeze through bars, tight spaces and out of most restraints. Conversely, he can sharpen his body to have the feel of rock, making a natural armor and he can shape his hands into claws or larger fists when fighting. This elasticity means that he can recover fairly quickly from broken bones and wounds that might be fatal to others since his body can squish into itself and repair.
Disabilities: Bruce is incredibly freaked out by his powers, describing them as "gross". In fact, he can become visibly ill since he can feel his bones and organs contracting and going flat inside him as he squeezes through things and it tends to just creep him out. Though he can heal rather quickly, he still could succumb to disease, infection or blood loss from a wound. He has no resistance to pain and unconscious his powers don't work. It becomes very hard to compress himself when it is cold, especially below freezing as his molecules harden and make elasticity difficult.
Physical Description: Bruce is tall, fairly handsome with darker features. He has a light tan but the more he's exposed to the sun, the more olive-toned his skin becomes. He has short dark black hair that reaches the length of his ears with dark green eyes. Bruce is 6'1" and fairly muscular but more the kind of muscles associated with someone who's sporty rather than someone who works out often. His general appearance is defined and well-groomed, preferring to be clean-shaven and proper. He has a square jaw, broad shoulders and average hips with long legs. His appearance is more centered on a focused and refined rigidity than anything else.
Personality: Bruce is a very prim and proper kind of person with set ideals and expectations. He considers himself more a loner by nature but, in fact, Bruce is a people person... just a very awkward person in a crowd. Usually, Bruce's problem is overthinking things instead of letting them come naturally. He's pretty introverted, though he doesn't have so much of a problem being social as being social successfully.
He's a gentle and considerate person, though very stern and rigid and stoic. He doesn't like relying on people. Bruce is fairly intelligent and has common sense but is sometimes so blinded by what he wants that he doesn't see the big picture. Most of the time, he gives off an aura of being cool, calm and collected and is usually very in control of his mind. He's driven and ambitious, though keeps his priorities in tact.
Most of his problems revolve around being mistrustful of most people and he is skeptical of people being kind to him for no reason. He has a hard time relating to people unless he softens up a bit and relaxes. One-on-one, Bruce is kind and engaging but when he's in a group and he's not confident, he tends to just fade into the background. While he does have some leadership qualities, Bruce shies away from leading unless it's necessary. He doesn't mind being someone's second-in-command but dislikes being the one people turn to. Because of his trust issues, he has a hard time establishing any kind of romance without second-guessing everything about it. He tends to fuss about things that aren't important, become jealous rather easily and even resentful or spiteful at times and he has a hard time not suspecting an ulterior motive when he's with someone.
History: Bruce was born in the United States to an immigrant Muslim family. His father worked in trades and exports while his mother worked as a private caterer. He grew up fairly wealthy in Baltimore, Maryland where his father worked as in the shipping yards. Bruce was a somewhat rebellious child, though not necessarily a bad child. He was more the type of kid who would stay out late and go drinking with friends underage but was never into a gang or anything like that.
He happened to find out about his powers by chance. After staying out until the wee hours of the morning, he made his way home and to not make any noise opening their large iron gate, he tried to slip between the bars. A normal person wouldn't have been able to make the squeeze but Bruce did. He was still caught setting off their motion detectors and while compressing his ribs, he was discovered by his parents and outed as a mutant. Though at first it caused unbearable tension in his family as they tried to figure out what to do with their mutant son. Their immediate fear was that the people around them might be anti-mutant and would put Bruce, and also the entire family, at risk. Eventually, Bruce ran away, afraid of his parents' rejection and disappointment when his powers became the family secret. He eventually was recruited by the X-Men and made up with his parents. Today his parents and Bruce are not as close as they once were, mostly because his parents want to keep his powers a secret to the extent that they have denied having a son to strangers. His parents do love him but they see his powers as a disappointment and another reason they would be hated.
Though he was a good student, he tended to get into trouble a lot, often being the one asked by the other students to help them break into an off-limits room. Bruce's overwhelming desire to please and make friends, of which he had few where he came from in the first place, made him eager to help though reluctant. Frequently they were caught and this delayed Bruce's admission to be an X-Man... making him a "super senior" as a student.
Facts/Extras:
Bruce is a Muslim, having been born to a Turkish-Yemeni woman and a British-Saudi Arabian father. He doesn't wear a turban unless there's a ceremonial reason to wear it or he is visiting his parents.
Bruce is a history major, specializing in colonization and imperialism.
He's somehow gained the nickname "Fluffy" and he's not really sure why.
His true birth name is Batur Castellan but his parents believed he would be made fun of for his strange name and gave him the name Bruce. His parents and relatives are the only ones who call him Batur.
Code Name: Bandit
Status: Rookie X-Man
Age/ D.O.B : 19 years old, May 19th
Gender: Male
Powers: Bruce has an above average elastic quality to his body which includes his skin, bones and organs. He can soften his body to the point of being able to squeeze through cracks in walls and compress his bodily organs and bones to do it. Put simply, he can squeeze his way through almost any hole or small crack, squeeze through bars, tight spaces and out of most restraints. Conversely, he can sharpen his body to have the feel of rock, making a natural armor and he can shape his hands into claws or larger fists when fighting. This elasticity means that he can recover fairly quickly from broken bones and wounds that might be fatal to others since his body can squish into itself and repair.
Disabilities: Bruce is incredibly freaked out by his powers, describing them as "gross". In fact, he can become visibly ill since he can feel his bones and organs contracting and going flat inside him as he squeezes through things and it tends to just creep him out. Though he can heal rather quickly, he still could succumb to disease, infection or blood loss from a wound. He has no resistance to pain and unconscious his powers don't work. It becomes very hard to compress himself when it is cold, especially below freezing as his molecules harden and make elasticity difficult.
Physical Description: Bruce is tall, fairly handsome with darker features. He has a light tan but the more he's exposed to the sun, the more olive-toned his skin becomes. He has short dark black hair that reaches the length of his ears with dark green eyes. Bruce is 6'1" and fairly muscular but more the kind of muscles associated with someone who's sporty rather than someone who works out often. His general appearance is defined and well-groomed, preferring to be clean-shaven and proper. He has a square jaw, broad shoulders and average hips with long legs. His appearance is more centered on a focused and refined rigidity than anything else.
Personality: Bruce is a very prim and proper kind of person with set ideals and expectations. He considers himself more a loner by nature but, in fact, Bruce is a people person... just a very awkward person in a crowd. Usually, Bruce's problem is overthinking things instead of letting them come naturally. He's pretty introverted, though he doesn't have so much of a problem being social as being social successfully.
He's a gentle and considerate person, though very stern and rigid and stoic. He doesn't like relying on people. Bruce is fairly intelligent and has common sense but is sometimes so blinded by what he wants that he doesn't see the big picture. Most of the time, he gives off an aura of being cool, calm and collected and is usually very in control of his mind. He's driven and ambitious, though keeps his priorities in tact.
Most of his problems revolve around being mistrustful of most people and he is skeptical of people being kind to him for no reason. He has a hard time relating to people unless he softens up a bit and relaxes. One-on-one, Bruce is kind and engaging but when he's in a group and he's not confident, he tends to just fade into the background. While he does have some leadership qualities, Bruce shies away from leading unless it's necessary. He doesn't mind being someone's second-in-command but dislikes being the one people turn to. Because of his trust issues, he has a hard time establishing any kind of romance without second-guessing everything about it. He tends to fuss about things that aren't important, become jealous rather easily and even resentful or spiteful at times and he has a hard time not suspecting an ulterior motive when he's with someone.
History: Bruce was born in the United States to an immigrant Muslim family. His father worked in trades and exports while his mother worked as a private caterer. He grew up fairly wealthy in Baltimore, Maryland where his father worked as in the shipping yards. Bruce was a somewhat rebellious child, though not necessarily a bad child. He was more the type of kid who would stay out late and go drinking with friends underage but was never into a gang or anything like that.
He happened to find out about his powers by chance. After staying out until the wee hours of the morning, he made his way home and to not make any noise opening their large iron gate, he tried to slip between the bars. A normal person wouldn't have been able to make the squeeze but Bruce did. He was still caught setting off their motion detectors and while compressing his ribs, he was discovered by his parents and outed as a mutant. Though at first it caused unbearable tension in his family as they tried to figure out what to do with their mutant son. Their immediate fear was that the people around them might be anti-mutant and would put Bruce, and also the entire family, at risk. Eventually, Bruce ran away, afraid of his parents' rejection and disappointment when his powers became the family secret. He eventually was recruited by the X-Men and made up with his parents. Today his parents and Bruce are not as close as they once were, mostly because his parents want to keep his powers a secret to the extent that they have denied having a son to strangers. His parents do love him but they see his powers as a disappointment and another reason they would be hated.
Though he was a good student, he tended to get into trouble a lot, often being the one asked by the other students to help them break into an off-limits room. Bruce's overwhelming desire to please and make friends, of which he had few where he came from in the first place, made him eager to help though reluctant. Frequently they were caught and this delayed Bruce's admission to be an X-Man... making him a "super senior" as a student.
Facts/Extras:
Bruce is a Muslim, having been born to a Turkish-Yemeni woman and a British-Saudi Arabian father. He doesn't wear a turban unless there's a ceremonial reason to wear it or he is visiting his parents.
Bruce is a history major, specializing in colonization and imperialism.
He's somehow gained the nickname "Fluffy" and he's not really sure why.
His true birth name is Batur Castellan but his parents believed he would be made fun of for his strange name and gave him the name Bruce. His parents and relatives are the only ones who call him Batur.