@Regitnui I'm sure he'll gladly suffer through putting a ton of clothes just so a pack of lassies and who knows... mayhap some laddies gang up on him with stripping intent
@Regitnui I'm sure he'll gladly suffer through putting a ton of clothes just so a pack of lassies and who knows... mayhap some laddies gang up on him with stripping intent
Meanwhile, I enjoy doing off the wall Stuff. Like Dragon's Physical Contact thing. Blacklight's Love issue. Traveller and heights (You know, someone who can literally go anywhere....Except on a ledge.)
Epic Identity / Musician Name Phantom - Mèiyǐng - 魅影
Age 24
Faction Epic
Ability
While physically unconscious, David's Epic powers allow him to create an incorporeal body, which his mind can then inhabit while his body rests. This phantom cannot be harmed by physical means, including firearms, blades, poisons, etc. David can make the phantom totally invisible, or entirely visible, or anything in between. He can cause the phantom to grow to enormous sizes, or shrink down to the size of a quarter. It is not affected by gravity, solid materials, or weather events. He can fly at tremendous speeds, but as his speed increases, his ability to process the world around him decreases. It doesn't appear in cameras, or mirrors.
The phantoms are also not required to look like David. They can be any shape or size, including the stereotypical ghost, a tall, pale man with no face, and whatever else David has in his head. This shapeshifting is limited to what David can imagine, however, and oftentimes anything he is not very familiar with will look artificial, when scrutinized. Thus he can only reliably imitate himself, his family, a cockatiel, a black shorthair cat, and his most recent ex-girlfriend. He can also take the form of that tall faceless man with reasonable accuracy, given that it's faceless.
He's working on Johnny Depp, but David's voice always gives him away. People around him can hear him when he talks, and his voice never sounds like anyone but his own. That may change as he gets more practice, however.
Lastly, David has minor telekinetic abilities: his phantom can exert as much strength mentally as he can while physically awake, and not any more. He can lift moderately heavy boxes, throw a baseball, or punch someone, but he can't stop bullets or lift up entire buildings.
Weakness David's powers only function while he is unconscious (sleeping, sedated, or otherwise). During his waking hours, he is as powerless as any other person. Furthermore, his physical body has no invincibility. Coffee and other stimulants, while technically an Epic weakness, prevent him from sleeping easily, and thus prevent him from using his abilities. Furthermore, clairvoyants can sense David's phantoms, and harm him through telepathy if they so desire. David's powers while useful, are no more effective at fighting than the average man's fists, or weapons.
None of these are really considered "proper" Epic weaknesses. His power-nullifying weakness is Chinese Oolong tea, which is why his powers didn't manifest until he moved out of his parents house. It's a staple at his home, and smelling, touching, or drinking that specific type of tea renders David's abilities useless for twelve hours after contact.
Personality David was generally a calm and measured person before his powers manifested, and he tries to maintain that now. The only problem is that due to his abilities, he always feels just a bit sleep deprived, leading to a short temper in most situations. His biting sarcasm can feel as if it comes out of nowhere, since he generally looks like a friendly guy, all things considered. He constantly second-guesses himself to see whether or not he's being brusque, since he knows that it happens.
He didn't really have too much of an interest in Epics, until he became one. He still tries to avoid conflicts with Epics in the real world. In the dream world, he prefers to remain hidden from view as well. He's not shy, really, just indifferent to the random power squabbles that so many Epics get caught up in. He'd much rather just lie low, pickpocket people in his sleep, and work on his art.
He really gets a kick out of being functionally invincible while asleep. David will sometimes intervene in petty crimes while he roams, to watch the looks on their faces when their fists pass right through him. Also, it's wrong to rob people less fortunate than you, or in a harsh position.
Everyone wants to help others, that's who humans are. The tricky part is that humans can also make an ungodly amount of excuses and rationalizations for bad behavior, and David is as flawed as anyone else. If someone was being mugged while he was awake, he would keep walking. At night, though, petty thieves will fear the phantom.
Side note: David can speak both English and Chinese, but his Chinese writing and reading suffer from a lack of use.
Appearance Image Reference --- David has no special costume, nor any usual clothing. He buys a lot of graphic tees on Amazon, and gets his pants from the Walmart clothing section. Sometimes his parents/aunt buy him clothes (usually socks). Every once in a while he likes to dress up in slim fitting dress shirts and nice khakis, but normally it's when he's trying to make a good first impression.
His eyes seem to always have bags under them, probably a side effect of never sleeping properly. He's either awake for real, or awake in the dream world.
His phantom forms generally wears a long cloak of shifting greys, whits, and black, which blur together and makes those who see him feel...unnerved. The cloak has a hood which he can wear if he's feeling it.
Background David was born into a fairly conservative family in Guangzhou, China, and was raised there for several years. When the Epics began rearranging the Great Wall in northern China, however, his family decided to migrate to the United States, in an attempt to stay safe and avoid Epics. It worked for a time, until the Epics moved into New York and set up shop.
David and his family had integrated themselves well into NYC's Chinatown, so when the High took Manhattan, there was nowhere for them to run. Luckily, the Triads based in NYC were adept at dealing with megalomaniacs, and Chinatown was able to adapt to the new reality with relatively little chaos. Not to say that the world wasn't incredibly more dangerous: no, now there was twice as many hazards. David's father put it best: 危机四伏. "Danger lurks on every side".
Still, his parents were no fools. They kept to themselves, raising their son as best they could. This meant sending him to a school where he could mix with the other cultures of the United States, and learn English like a native. They pushed him to succeed like many Chinese parents, but they had misjudged the changing world around them in this respect.
After David saw one of his high school friends kidnapped and murdered by a crazed lunatic Epic for no reason at all, he realized there was absolutely no real point in good grades or studying hard, not when an epic could rip you out of your world in a blink if they felt like it. His grades slipped as his motivation failed, and he found himself falling more and more into sketching, playing the violin, and making digital music.
His parents were livid, but despite their disappointment, he continued to live with his parents until he was 22, working at a fast food place and saving the money whenever he could. By night, he went to community college courses, and took private lessons to improve his musical skill. His parents were somewhat mollified by this, since he would give them money for rent, bu eventually he and his mother had an argument to large to smooth out, and he was evicted by his parents.
Luckily, he'd had some money saved up, and was able to find a...somewhat affordable, run-down apartment complex in Manhattan where he could stay for a time. It was around the same time he met Annie, who was his first serious girlfriend after he left home. They didn't live together, but they were close. Eventually, though, she grew fed up with his lack of motivation in the world, and it was over.
Of course, while they were together, he discovered his Epic powers for the first time, and spent a lot of time experimenting and dicking around in his dreams. It was hard to give the real world much credence when he spent so much time in an amazing world of flight and invisibility. After she left him, he decided to go around pretending to be her for a few nights, and found that he could imitate her to perfection. He doesn't like to, but a pretty girl can go some places that a guy can't.
Now he's just been keeping on with his life in the same way. Working fast food to get paid (he's a manager now), avoiding other Epics and troubles, and trying to make it big in the huge Manhattan EDM scene. However, the more he gets a handle on his abilities, the more he's been wondering if life as a superhero might be something for him. Maybe as a spy, a rescue worker, or something similarly suited to his particular set of skills.
Oh, come on, now you're just provoking me to say yes 
And we most certainly did click through 
