Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 10:18:43 GMT
BARK
male | bixsexual |
seventeen | gifted |
appearance
bark is a somewhat muscular young man (although he doesn't appear to be) with messy maroon hair. as a result of the maras swimming through his veins, he has dull red eyes and abnormally sharp teeth, especially his canines. he stands at an uncomfortable 5'10", and weighs around 150 lb. he has olive skin and a thick scar banding around his shoulder.
bark has little to no fashion sense and so instead generally wears his old school uniform. the school uniform consists of a thin black undershirt, slightly too-big black tracksuit pants and a black tracksuit jacket with his name printed across the back in gold that has now been ripped off and replaced with the work 'bark'.
personality
> loyal, CAPABLE, brave, compassionate, free, independent, kind
< stubborn, proud, reckless, ARROGANT, careless, illogical, competitive
+ sport, winning, food, SWIMMING
- losing, arrogant people, being useless, flowers
abilities
BIOLUMINESCENCE
almost absolutely useless, minor blood vessels running under bark's skin mutated and became much like fireflies flittering under his skin. he can will his blood cells, to, in fact, glow a maroon red, much like his hair colour.
bark only discovered this when he was watching the stars one night and he wondered what it would be like to always glow. bark finds this mutation hilarious and also dully stupid.
SHARK
simply calling this mutation 'shark', bark can swim in the radioactive waters of iona with virtually no repercussions. his skin becomes slick and shark-like, hence the name. this allows him to swim considerably faster, along with his previous swimming skill. it also sharpens and enlarges his teeth, all while his senses are sharpened tenfold.
bark discovered this mutation after finally caving into the insane desire to go for a dip in the murky radioactive waters, and, after a lot of consideration, he decided that he had nothing to lose and hopped in.
FREE
bark's last ability is incredibly draining and so he only uses it in dire situations. he's not entirely sure how it works, but when he wills it, a massive gust of wind blows from behind him and he goes albeit little insane. it's a lot like SHARK, except for the fact that he's on dry land. his movements increase their speed, he becomes unpredictable, and his ego and snarling are off the charts.
bark's never actually used this ability in full, always stopping it before he completely loses it. truthfully, he's terrified of its true extent, although he would never admit that out loud. after his first time using it, he was so shaken by the experience that he was nearly killed by a mutated crow of some sorts.
bark only discovered this when he was watching the stars one night and he wondered what it would be like to always glow. bark finds this mutation hilarious and also dully stupid.
SHARK
simply calling this mutation 'shark', bark can swim in the radioactive waters of iona with virtually no repercussions. his skin becomes slick and shark-like, hence the name. this allows him to swim considerably faster, along with his previous swimming skill. it also sharpens and enlarges his teeth, all while his senses are sharpened tenfold.
bark discovered this mutation after finally caving into the insane desire to go for a dip in the murky radioactive waters, and, after a lot of consideration, he decided that he had nothing to lose and hopped in.
FREE
bark's last ability is incredibly draining and so he only uses it in dire situations. he's not entirely sure how it works, but when he wills it, a massive gust of wind blows from behind him and he goes albeit little insane. it's a lot like SHARK, except for the fact that he's on dry land. his movements increase their speed, he becomes unpredictable, and his ego and snarling are off the charts.
bark's never actually used this ability in full, always stopping it before he completely loses it. truthfully, he's terrified of its true extent, although he would never admit that out loud. after his first time using it, he was so shaken by the experience that he was nearly killed by a mutated crow of some sorts.
background
bark was obviously not named bark from birth. when he was born to nameless faces and faceless names, they crooned over the little black haired baby and named him their sweet little brandon, who was quickly and fondly nicknamed brick. his first memories of home were bitter words and twinkling lights.
when bark was seven, the grocery store him and his plastic mother were shopping at was robbed. little blue-eyed, shy brick tugged his mother's shirt and pointed at the staggering drunk.
when bark was seven, his plastic mother was held at gunpoint while staff scrabbled to fill the bag the thief had placed on the counter with money. brick was in shock, having been made to sit on top of the counter, staring at his palms.
when bark was seven, his plastic mother's blood; sticky, red and unbelievably hot, layered brick's body as the robber sauntered out of the grocery store with his bag of cash.
after that, life was a blur. his father was a wreck, but he struggled through life with the determination to protect his son. hah, protect. the damage was already done. nothing could be done, in reality.
bark took up swimming to take his mind off other matters. at nine, he was pegged to become an olympian. lucky him. all bark could really remember of the period between the grocery store and the bomb was swimming, sleeping with tear tracks down his face and constant shaking.
the bomb hit shortly after bark's practice at his school's swim club. he was walking home when alarms shrieked and he was reminded of a god-awful time, nine years previously. in the midst of his panic attack, he could numbly feel searing heat tearing down his body as a man tugged him into the post office nearby.
the next thing he remembers is, well... nothing. actually, he remembers everything but his name. lucky for him, he was walking home from school where it was required for everything to have his name written on it. without pausing to even think about the man who had saved his life, bark tugged off his school jacket to check the back. all the swim club jackets had their names printed on the back in gold, after all.
the bomb had burned off part of the name. but that didn't matter, he could still read it. he put the pieces together, scrunched his nose, and eventually came to the conclusion of 'bark'. and he went with it.
miscellaneous
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