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canyousaveme) wrote2035-10-29 01:56 am
canyousaveme) wrote2035-10-29 01:56 am
info / history / abilities
FULL NAME
Isaac Howell
AGE
19??? 26??? it's complicated.
SPECIES
affected human / semi-undead???
PRONOUNS
he/him, but it's hard to care
SEXUALITY
open???
TRIGGER WARNINGS
death, grief, memory issues
IN A NUTSHELL
Normal college student almost-sorta dies, gets caught in a death-world for seven years, gets dragged back to the living by his sister, and has to learn how to be a person again.
Tends to fold in on himself: hunched shoulders, arms close to the body, knees often drawn in if sitting. He wears clothes that are easy to move in, and usually plain and dark, nothing very noticeable. Often wearing sunglasses during the day if he's outside, as the sunlight can be a little much.
Numerous scars, though most are generally hidden under clothing. Some of the more obvious include: a red-tinged spiderweb of scarring at his upper back, primarily across the left shoulderblade; a greyish-black streak of skin across his stomach, just above the belly button; four healed puncture marks in a little square at the back of his right leg; another three healed puncture marks at the back of his neck on the left side, pale enough to be hard to spot; a mark from being pierced by what seems to be a horn of some kind on the left outer thigh.
Numerous scars, though most are generally hidden under clothing. Some of the more obvious include: a red-tinged spiderweb of scarring at his upper back, primarily across the left shoulderblade; a greyish-black streak of skin across his stomach, just above the belly button; four healed puncture marks in a little square at the back of his right leg; another three healed puncture marks at the back of his neck on the left side, pale enough to be hard to spot; a mark from being pierced by what seems to be a horn of some kind on the left outer thigh.
PERSONALITY
✚ observant, open-minded, adventurous, expressive, tenacious, practical
– tactless, pessimistic, impatient, disorganized, paranoid, confused
– tactless, pessimistic, impatient, disorganized, paranoid, confused
Isaac was trapped in a state of solitude and fighting for survival for seven years, and it's thoroughly shaped the person he is. He's not always able to remember how to deal with other people -- he's not good at waiting for others or considering their wants, he says things he probably shouldn't, and he doesn't remember a lot of social rules and cues. He's always on watch for danger, always ready to run. Treating everything like it could be a threat kept him alive, and now he's still waiting for just about everything to go sour.
But that's not to say fight or flight is all there is to him, these days. There's an exploratory streak in Isaac that his years trapped didn't fully manage to get rid of, and it's flourishing now that it has the chance. He likes a good adventure, he likes new things, he likes to learn about the strange. He just needs people to be patient with him if sometimes he pokes that new thing with a stick for a while first, to make sure it's not about to attack.
Isaac has had to relearn a lot about existing in a short period of time, and there are times it still overwhelms him. He's grateful for people who have patience with him and his odd ways, even if he's not sure how to show it. And with his own oddness always on show, he's not one to care about anyone else's. If anything, he gets along best these days with others who are a little off, and maybe a little farther from human than most.
But that's not to say fight or flight is all there is to him, these days. There's an exploratory streak in Isaac that his years trapped didn't fully manage to get rid of, and it's flourishing now that it has the chance. He likes a good adventure, he likes new things, he likes to learn about the strange. He just needs people to be patient with him if sometimes he pokes that new thing with a stick for a while first, to make sure it's not about to attack.
Isaac has had to relearn a lot about existing in a short period of time, and there are times it still overwhelms him. He's grateful for people who have patience with him and his odd ways, even if he's not sure how to show it. And with his own oddness always on show, he's not one to care about anyone else's. If anything, he gets along best these days with others who are a little off, and maybe a little farther from human than most.
BACKGROUND
under construction
- Once upon a time Isaac was a normal, playful kid, just starting to learn how to be an adult. He doesn't really remember much about it anymore.
- At 19, he was caught in a magical accident. He was assumed dead, and actually transported to a different plane that humans were never meant to be caught in.
- He spent seven years wandering the death plane, fighting for his life, and fighting to keep any bit of his sanity in the face of seeing parts of the world he shouldn't.
- Did he succeed on that last point? Jury's still out.
- Seven years later, his sister Imogene finally managed to find out what happened and succeed at pulling him back out.
- Everything is different now. Isaac's still 19, technically. His twin sister is 26. He doesn't remember the social rules of living people. He had to relearn how to write, how to read. He still has trouble remembering he doesn't have to fight everything around him.
- He's staying with the local death of the area where he got lost, being trained for the weird things he can do now, and trying to remember how to be alive.
ABILITIES
ABILITIES
◾ Death-sense. If somebody has died recently somewhere, or somebody is going to die soon, Isaac can feel it. He can't get information from it the way a true death being can, but he knows there's something.
◾ Superhuman durability. He's not immortal and not particularly strong, but he can withstand and recover from a lot more than most people.
◾ Affecting and sensing spirits. At all times, Isaac can see, speak to, and touch any ghosts or spirits in the area. With a lot of concentration, he can make them visible, audible, and tangible to others, as well.
◾ Mild emotional aura. He has no ability to direct it, but he can put out a little area-of-effect field of emotion that makes people within eyeline more inclined to feel that particular thing. Calm, anger, and fear are the easiest. He sometimes can do this without intending to if he feels threatened.
◾ Changed physical needs. His body has adapted to live in the death plane, and if he ever will change back, it hasn't happened yet. He can't go without sleep, but he doesn't need as much, and it takes much longer for exhaustion to even begin to kick in. He can't go without sustenance, but poison doesn't really affect him, he can digest and survive off plants that humans normally can't, and he could live entirely off of blood like a fangless vampire if he really wanted to. He can hold his breath much longer than he should be able to, though not indefinitely. His heartbeat is much slower than typical, and he can survive for longer with it stopped, though not indefinitely.
◾ Superhuman durability. He's not immortal and not particularly strong, but he can withstand and recover from a lot more than most people.
◾ Affecting and sensing spirits. At all times, Isaac can see, speak to, and touch any ghosts or spirits in the area. With a lot of concentration, he can make them visible, audible, and tangible to others, as well.
◾ Mild emotional aura. He has no ability to direct it, but he can put out a little area-of-effect field of emotion that makes people within eyeline more inclined to feel that particular thing. Calm, anger, and fear are the easiest. He sometimes can do this without intending to if he feels threatened.
◾ Changed physical needs. His body has adapted to live in the death plane, and if he ever will change back, it hasn't happened yet. He can't go without sleep, but he doesn't need as much, and it takes much longer for exhaustion to even begin to kick in. He can't go without sustenance, but poison doesn't really affect him, he can digest and survive off plants that humans normally can't, and he could live entirely off of blood like a fangless vampire if he really wanted to. He can hold his breath much longer than he should be able to, though not indefinitely. His heartbeat is much slower than typical, and he can survive for longer with it stopped, though not indefinitely.
SKILLS
◾ Basic survival skills: making/finding shelter, starting fires, simple first aid, knot-tying; improvised weaponry.
◾ Fast, flexible, and quiet; good at running, climbing, hiding, etc.
◾ Extremely observant, intelligent, strong mathematical skills; extremely strong memory.
◾ Fast, flexible, and quiet; good at running, climbing, hiding, etc.
◾ Extremely observant, intelligent, strong mathematical skills; extremely strong memory.
CURRENTLY LOST SKILLS
◾ Coding.
◾ Piano; reading music; music theory; some other very basic instruments.
◾ Intermediate French; basic Spanish; basic ASL; some other very basic languages.
◾ Driving.
◾ Piano; reading music; music theory; some other very basic instruments.
◾ Intermediate French; basic Spanish; basic ASL; some other very basic languages.
◾ Driving.
MISC
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