Zachery Green

Zachery Green

Postby Zachery Green » Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:28 pm

Name: Zachery Green
Codename: Flux
Age: 20
Country of Origin: England


Power:
Portal Creation: Zach is able to open short range portals that link location two locations, allowing anything passing through to teleport that distance. The approximate distance the portals can cover is about 360 feet per portal. Teleporting is near instantaneous, but allows travelers to reorient their position coming out, though they maintain the speed and momentum they had going in, allowing one to utilize it upon exiting, for instance, jumping downward into a portal, Zach could open a portal leading up and would continue upwards with the same force. These portals do not need to be affixed to any surface, and Zach can open multiple at once, and can effectivly chain portals together to travel quickly. He can link a new portal to a preexisting one, and each new portal can create only one new link regardless of how many portals already exist, but he can't change the links once they are created other then closing the portal and closing that link. If a portal has a second destination linked to it, Zach can choose which path takes priority takes, but if he is not concentrating, the route taken is random, and with multiple portals this can become harder to keep track of. When Zach is in close proximity to a portal, he is able to move it by using his hands to reorient it, allowing him to use portals as a shield and to redirect attacks. By overlapping two portals at close range(passing a portal through a portal, which requires manual reorienting to accomplish) the resulting disruption causes the energy to be ejected through the exit portal in a concussive beam which can be used offensively.

While versatile, the portals do have their limitations. Zach must approximate the distance of each portal, which is easy if he can see the end points, however, if he cannot see the exit, there is the chance he could open it up within solid matter. Such a portal would result in crashing into that matter, the results of which depend on the materials. For instance, glass may shatter, but trying to pass into a portal which opens into solid stone is little more then a wall and cannot be passed through. Using the portal blast also take more energy then simply creating portals, and thus can wear Zach down if used repeatedly over a prolonged fight. Zach can only maintain 6 portals at one time.

Personality: Zach is generally easy going, trying to keep a calm head in any given situation. He dislikes persecution of any sort, and generally will not hesitate to step in when he see’s injustice. While he doesn’t ‘hate’ humans, he tends to be slower to warm up to humans due to what happened with his parents. He generally doesn’t show any outward hostility in such cases, if anything else to keep his mutant status under the table.

As far as his powers go, he enjoys them, as they give him a degree of freedom of movement and letting him go just about anywhere he wants. He is inventive in their use, finding new way to utilize his powers for mundane purposes where he can, but knows when to be discreet in certain situations where his powers won’t be well received.

Aside from this he enjoys a good book, sports, and cooking.

Description: Zach is of medium build, his active life style making him slightly above average in terms of physique. He has dark blue eyes and brown hair parted in the middle. He tends towards back and blues, a color that matches the energy signature of his portals. This carries over to his Flux costume.

Background: Zach is a second generation mutant, both his father an mother were mutants as well. His father was a teleporter and his mother an energy manipulator. They generally kept their abilities a secret, not wanting to draw the attention of those who were less tolerant of mutants, and wanted to live a relatively normal and peaceful life. Zach was born, and grew up knowing he would likely gain powers at some point, the prospect of which excited him, though he was warned several times by his parents the dangers that such powers would involve. But of course, Zach was young, and the warnings were not taken as seriously as he perhaps should have.

Despite being careful, eventually his parents secrets leaked out. One night they awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Zach’s father teleported downstairs to check it out, and a gunshot rang out. His mother hid Zach in the closet and told him to keep quiet and hidden, then went to face their attackers herself. More gunshots range out, as well as sounds of a fight, but eventually they stopped. Zach waited, hoping his parents were okay, and eventually heard multiple footsteps coming up the stairs. Through the grate of the closet he saw masked men enter, and they began searching the room. He held his breath, hoping they would overlook the closet and move on. No such luck. The opened the closet door and found him. As one leveled a gun, Zach threw out his hands, and his powers manifested for the first time, inadvertently causing a portal blast that saved his life. Before the other men could finish him off, Zach, still panicking, accidentally created a portal underneath himself, landing in the back yard. From there he ran, not daring to look back.

Zach lived on the streets from then on, moving about from place to place, educating himself in the use of his powers to take what he needed to live, until he old enough to get a job and support himself. He educated himself through books, eventually earning his way into college. In addition, he used his powers to help others where he could, building himself an alter ego he called Flux, wanting to save people from anything he had went through.His activities attracted the attention of the institute, who offered him a place to continue his education, as well as provide an outlet for his more vigilante tendencies…
Last edited by Zachery Green on Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Zachery Green

Postby Ashlie Minamida » Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:57 pm

Looks pretty solid. Approval 1/2

I do have one question that's just about clarification, really. When he opens multiple portals, are they all linked together (say there's 3 and 1 can lead to either 2 or 3?) or do they come in pairs that are linked? And if it's the former, does he control where they lead when someone else enters them?
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Re: Zachery Green

Postby Zachery Green » Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:42 pm

I hadn't considered that actually. I suppose he can link a new portal to a preexisting one, and each new portal can create only one new link regardless of how many portals already exist, but he can't change the links once they are created other then closing the portal and closing that link. If a portal has a second destination linked to it, Zach can choose which path takes priority takes, but if he is not concentrating, the route taken is random, and with multiple portals this can become harder to keep track of.
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Re: Zachery Green

Postby Hank McCoy » Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:48 pm

Unless I'm missing it somehow, I would appreciate an idea of how many portals he can keep open at a time. It doesn't always have to be at that number, but it would be good to know. It can increase later if he has a power breakthrough.
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Re: Zachery Green

Postby Zachery Green » Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:31 pm

I would say 6 portals would be reasonable(that's 6 openings, not 6 passages).
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Re: Zachery Green

Postby Hank McCoy » Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:05 pm

After having discussed this, I'm willing to give Approval 2/2.

Just don't teleport into the caverns near the point. The Headmistress gets nervous.
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