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X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

*slowly steps in* i'm so late, it hurts. here's this guy!

Wesley Palmer

_{Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln}

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★ Name ★

Wesley Grant Palmer.

★ Alias/Nickname ★

Wes. Wessie.

★ Codename ★

Hertz.

★ Age ★

15 and a half (sometimes, he'll just claim 16 if he can get away with it).

★ Gender ★

Male.

★ Sexuality ★

Pansexual.

★ Relationship Status ★

Single.

★ Species ★

Mutant.

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★ Appearance ★

Wes thinks he looks decent enough. He doesn't think he's a sight to marvel at, though. A lean, lithe body that stands at 5'8, with long limbs, and a fine layer of muscling for a boy his age, there is a boyish charm that surrounds him. He has a messy mop of dark brown hair that stops just after the top of his ears, that is either seen slicked back straight, or just falling where it pleases in a more wavy fashion. Matching thin eyebrows, set above brown eyes, that can look almost black, or almost a light brown, depending. A nose some may say is too big for his face, but somehow adds to his looks, with thin lips reddened from his constant habit of licking/chewing/biting them. When those lips pull up into a smile that shows off straight, white teeth, his eyes become squint-y, sometimes his nose even wrinkles up, and it's an adorable sight, indeed.

Wes doesn't just laugh or smile with his mouth, or cry with his eyes, or listen with his ears, his whole body joins in on this. Wes often talks with his hands, or laughs with a whole-body shake, or listens with multiple head nods and a body that leans forward to show interest. Wes uses his whole body to convey emotions, and depending on the emotions, he can be a very exciting person to be around, or a very not so exciting person to be around. His clothing style is nothing abnormal for a 15 year old, usually ranging in the area of jeans, graphic t-shirts, and sneakers.

★ Powers ★

Audiokinesis (sound manipulation):
The ability to manipulate sound and sound waves; able to mimic, intensify, hush, distort, as well as warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound. However, for Wes, he has, of course, not tapped into his full power. The way he usually uses his power is with his voice. He can mimic any sound he hears, so he has immunity against high or low-pitched sounds that can hurt others. He has learned how to simply whisper, or even whistle, and turn that into a hard force that can knock people down, maybe even injure them. The drawbacks are: sounds need a medium to travel through, and as for mimicking sounds, it can possibly lead to a very sore throat, to the point he might have to rest his voice afterward.

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★ Likes ★

✔ Cats.
✔ Ice cream.
✔ Music/anything that makes sound.
✔ Drawing.
✔ Sci-fi anything.

★ Dislikes ★

✘ Bullies of any sort.
✘ Law/rule breaking (unless for good reason).
✘ Soda.
✘ Furbies (don't ask).
✘ Losing at anything (and losing important stuff sucks too).

★ Personality ★

If asked to describe Wes after knowing him, majority of people would say "righteous." Or a little shit, but that's besides the point. Wes is very feisty, fierce in what he believes in, and passionate about all that he likes/enjoys. He does not keep his mouth shut if something hateful is being said, or if he disagrees with something. But, that does not make him arrogant - far from it, actually. He steps up for others when they're being wronged, he fights for others in a heart beat, and he'd give the shirt off his back to someone in need. He won't say any of this though, because he's quite the humble soul about it. He doesn't brag, doesn't like it, and so he never will. While he can come off a bit brash because he's so passionate about his beliefs, he's a very kind guy, who will listen to any problems someone is having, or give a much needed hug/shoulder to cry on.

Resulting in him being more on the sensitive side. He doesn't get easily offended for himself, but for others. He doesn't get angry at insults directed at himself, but does when they're directed at others. He doesn't let others' harsh words get to him, because he tries to be understanding, and wants to understand why that person lashed out. Now, if he does get hurt, does take something to heart (which is bound to happen regardless of his understanding nature)? He covers up his softer emotions with jokes and puns, quite the funny guy, and by helping others. He thinks crying isn't a bad thing but tries his hardest to not do it himself. He thinks talking about feelings is a good thing but won't talk about his own, unless it'll help someone else move on from their own troubles. He's always helping everyone else, but never himself. Seems like a stupid thing, but Wes actually isn't stupid; he's quite smart, and very aware of who he is, and how he's feeling. He can step back from a situation and look at it from all POVs, listen to all sides, and help keep the peace. He's a leader, looking out for everyone else, and easily being able to take the leads on things without a problem.

He's aware of others quite often, always looking out for any and everyone, ready to ask if something's wrong if something is off. He gets hints to back off, though, and will give someone their space if they want it. He watches people's reactions to himself, and if they seem to like physical contact, he can become quite the tactile person; if not, he keeps his hands to himself. He's very good at adjusting his reactions to things, and his levels of certain emotions, depending on who is around. If someone wrongs him, he doesn't get angry; instead, he tries to figure out what caused them to lash out at him, and see if he did do something without realizing it. He doesn't hold grudges and forgives very easily. He doesn't forget, however. When it comes to others though, he can be a bit overprotective of those being truly wronged, and doesn't hesitate to step up and try to resolve an issue, even if it hadn't involved him in the first place. Especially if it hadn't involved him in the first place.

Because while it may not seem like, it might seem like the opposite, Wes doesn't care for himself like he does others. Someone could say a offensive term to him, and he would fight the person over using the term, but not it being directed at his own person. If that someone said a offensive term to someone else, though? Wes is on them, ready for a fight, ready to defend, even if that person can defend themselves. He doesn't care, he stands up for whoever needs or doesn't need it, and he fights fiercely for them. He's quick to trust, to loyalty, which could be a possible fault. He's a people person, loves them, but he doesn't quite love himself like he does others. He doesn't see himself as someone worthy to defend passionately but others, he does. That could be viewed as low self-esteem, and honestly, it is. He's hard on himself, that's the problem; if he doesn't help someone, or doesn't win a fight, or doesn't make someone feel better, it weighs on him, makes him feel shitty about himself, and he doesn't quite shake that feeling ever. It doesn't make him any less determined to keep going, though, and keep trying, but he does often think about the people he didn't help rather than the ones he did. He beats himself up even though he knows that's a bad thing, but it's just something he can't stop.

In short, he's a sweet, self-aware, righteous idiot, who is head-strong, funny, and quick to defend the "little guys" with a low self-esteem and a heart three sizes too big.

★ History ★

Wes grew up with a mutant mother, Sally, a human father, Jake, and an older human brother, Luke. His mother never hid from them, and so Wes grew up in a positive environment when it came to the issue of mutants. His brother, once he hit middle school, began to act out, and became very negative and even hateful towards their mother. He was six years older than Wes, and when Wes was nine, Luke disappeared without a trace. Of course, even despite Luke's strange behaviour and his mix up with a bad group of peers, it was upsetting. Life moved on, and Wes discovered, like his mother, he was a mutant at the age of 12. His parents were supportive of him, but told him to be careful of where he used his new found "gift," as his mother called it. Years passed, Wes was careful with his power, very mindful of his parents. His mother was the one who taught him to have compassion for others, always volunteering her time at shelters of any sort, and even bringing Wes along to teach him the value of all human life. Wes quickly became the righteous little thing he is now, after seeing how some people treat the homeless or stray animals or etc. Wes wanted to make a difference in the world, help others, and he was often getting into fights at school for standing up to bullies. He was the kid who usually had a black eye or busted lip because he didn't keep quiet nor did he back down. His mother told him to tone it down but he couldn't, because bullies needed to be taught a lesson.

At fourteen, was when his whole world changed. The terrorist group, the Equalists, ripped through his town one night. They broke into his house and there were five of them, with weapons, so they overpowered his parents. They hadn't barged into his room yet and, much to Wes' confusion, he heard a deep voice snap out, "Not that room! He's human." But, Wes wasn't going to stand back and let these extra bad bullies hurt his parents. He was ready to fight them. However, by the time he got downstairs where they were at, holding his parents hostage, it was too late. They killed his mother right in front of him. Wes doesn't remember much after that. He blacked out after having released a deafening scream. He awoke to his father above him, blood on the sides of his neck; at first, Wes thought they had hurt him, but he realized later his ears had bled. His father tried to usher him out of the house but Wes refused; he wanted to see his mother, he had too. He struggled against his father and finally, his father let him, because Wes was determined and didn't back down when he had his mind set on something. He had to see his mother, though, make himself truly believe she was gone. And, she was. As he was mourning over her, a groan came from his left; his father was right beside him, and one of the men in the group were waking up. They all had blood below their ears and on the sides of their neck. Maybe some were even not breathing, Wes hadn't checked. The man that was waking up looked vaguely familiar to Wes. Actually, very familiar. And when the man leaned up, looked at Wes, and croaked out, "Well, kiddo, looks like you took after mom." Wes nearly lost it again.

His own brother got mixed up with one of the worse terrorist groups in the world, and came after his own mother, killed his own mother. His father lost it for him, attacking his eldest son, but Wes had managed to stop him before he beat Luke to death. When his father snapped why at him, Wes simply whispered, "Because mom wouldn't want you too." Afterward, they got the tiny group in their house arrested (two were, actually, dead, and Wes tries to not think about that), and had the funeral for his mother. Wes' father was distraught, a different man, and even his own father saw it. He said he couldn't take care of Wes like his mother had, couldn't teach him right, and so he was the one who brought Wes to Xavier's Institute For Gifted Youngsters. Wes hadn't wanted to leave him, but his father said he needed time, and Wes was one of the most understanding people around. So, he let his father help him with the joining process, said his goodbyes, and watched him go. Now, sixteen is slowly creeping up on Wes, and he managed to keep the attitude his mother would want him to have. At first, it was rough, adjusting to this new place and new people, but he never lost his need to help others, and always spoke up when it was needed. He is trying to be a person his mother would be proud of, and that is why he doesn't let the past weigh him down.

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★ Theme Song ★
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
_{"If you gave me a chance I would take it
It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it
Know with all of your heart, you can't shake me."}

★ Extra ★

Wes encourages Peter to sneak cats in.

X-MEN: Equilibrium (closed)

@Ace of flames01 Hope this is still open, because I'm working on a character rn :3

Avenger's Academy; Volume 1

*whispers* still dying from how sweet Scott is, help me.

Avenger's Academy; Volume 1

Scott Westwood

Scott wasn't supposed to be here. He wasn't supposed to be here at this beautiful place, with so much grass, one couldn't see the end of it; with a breeze so soft and gentle, it didn't even budge the cowboy hat on his head; with the smells of the outdoors, of warm air, of animals; with the sounds of livestock coming from every direction. If he was caught, he'd be in trouble. He was trespassing on King Ranch. He didn't care if he got caught; he was about to leave, go and start a new life, try and become something. He had to ground himself before he left, or else he'd embarrass himself by possibly shifting in front of his soon-to-be fellow students. He was out in the pasture, running his hand down at the side of a horse's neck, softly cooing at her. Her name was Daisy, named by a child she deemed to be "a little too loud and overbearing" but by the way Daisy whinnied about her, Scott could tell she did love the little girl. He missed his own horses something terrible, but hadn't found them yet. Scott gave a quiet sigh and in the horse's tongue, neighed, "'M more nervous than a whore in church." bit of a crass way to put it but it got across how nervous he really was. He had only spent a year out in the "real world" (though he'd argue that being out here, in the middle of nature, was the real world) and his people skills had barely gotten worked on. It was his own fault, for not trying harder with his co-workers, but he didn't want it to be found out that he was a mutant. Mutants weren't taken well more often than not, so it was better that he just kept to himself.

Daisy snorted in what was a laugh to Scott's ears. "Be fine, Scott." she softly nickered, shaking her head. Scott hum'd in acknowledgement though he didn't feel like he'd be fine. He was twenty-one years old and could barely hold a conversation. He was about to meet a lot of new people; it was going to be like the start of his first year in the "real world" all over again. Overwhelming, a bit scary, and frustrating. But, he had to make a change, for himself, and this would hopefully be the right one. "Ride here." Daisy snorted, rearing back a little as the Quinjet softly landed near them. Amazing, how the piece of technology could track where its passengers were, and pick them up accordingly. Scott didn't think about though, because he was too busy staring at the Quinjet. His immediate first thought was: I ain't gettin' on that thang. but Daisy nudged him in the shoulder as the back began to come down. Scott's heart skipped a beat from nerves and Daisy shoved harder. "Go on!" she whinnied and huffed after. Scott snapped out of his little daze, a mixture of awe and fear, and quickly turned to the Pinto horse. He put a false sense of cheer into his nickering. "Sure'nuff that's my ride! Daisy, ya have been a doll, I'll visit ya in the future!" he promised, placing his hand under her chin and making her look up to give the horse a quick kiss right on the nose, his cowboy hat threatening to fall off his head as the brim pushed into her forehead. Daisy jerked back and snorted a laugh, shaking her head as Scott fixed his hat and gave her a wink, before he picked up his old, rugged-looking suitcase and made his way towards the Quinjet.

The ramp dropped down all the way, squishing some of the grass beneath it, and Scott made his feet move up it. He could do this. He had made it through last year with being around strangers, with experiencing new things. So he could do thi- he came up short at just the amount of people in the space he deemed too little for that amount of people. His heart jumped into his throat and he bit down on his tongue when a neigh threatened to escape. Maybe he still had time to turn around and run, tail totally between his legs, because he looked like the oldest one here, and he couldn't avoid conversation in this space, and- the ramp was closing back up. And he had just been standing there, looking around with slightly widened eyes. So much for a first impression, ya dimwit. Lookin' like ya ain't got the sense God gave a goose.

Fingers, slightly shaking, gripped the handle of his suitcase tighter, and he had to fight off a shudder, a familiar zing going across his body. No, he wasn't going to shift now, he had to prevent shifting now. Okay, find an open seat, that was the first step. He noticed someone with actual wings and his eyes briefly lingered but then he felt another shudder threatening to rip through him, his stomach twisting from nerves and an impending shift. Thankfully, someone distracted him. The kid had brown hair and striking blue eyes. "Hey, cowboy, come sit with us!" he shouted with obvious glee, and okay, the distraction wasn't helping his nerves.

But to not keep standing there like a fool, he moved forward, his boots gently thumping on the floor of the Quinjet. Next to the blue-eyed kid that was practically vibrating, all bright eyes and big grins, was another kid. He looked a little older than the excitable kid, probably from the scruff on his face that made him look more mature. He had dirty blonde hair, and eyes that were blue, too; Scott quickly looked away as he sat one seat away from the, honestly, attractive blonde-haired-blue-eyed guy. He wasn't without manners, though. Just because he grew up isolated on a ranch and spent only a year with people his age or older, didn't mean he wasn't taught to be kind. He cleared his throat a little, kicking his suitcase under his seat and looking over at the excited kid who was grinning at him in a weird way and the handsome blonde kid. "Howdy." his voice roughened, deep, from how often he switched between human and animal tongue having affected it; he had, without realizing it, reached up and grabbed the brim of his hat, tilting it in their direction. He almost cringed at how Southern he sounded and behaved, his cheeks taking on a darker hue as he ducked his head, the brim of his hat hiding the top half of his face.

Nick Beaumont-Moore

Nick had seemed like an excitable puppy before Garret had came onto the Quinjet, but now it was like he came to life, somehow, even more, bigger grins, brighter eyes. He owed a lot to Garret, more than he could ever give back to the other young man. He just adored Garret like nothing else in this world... expect maybe Cap but that was besides the point. Garret was his best friend, his partner in crime, his sidekick that wasn't really a sidekick. But most of all, Garret was his brother, a presence there that Nick had needed, that not even Cap could have given him. Without Garret, Nick was positive he'd be a completely different person. He didn't even notice how they might come off as anything other than brothers, because he was used to sprawling himself across Garret's lap, or leaning against him when standing, or grabbing his hand to drag him somewhere. They both were quite the tactile creatures and it showed very often. Nick didn't even think of what the others might possibly see them as, or just think about them overall. Even if he had, he wouldn't had cared, because Garret and him had a relationship that went beyond brothers but didn't pass into the territory of lovers.

He laughed loudly, probably too loudly, at Garrent's reply in French to him talking about Damon. Poor guy, Nick was never not going to stop paying attention to him, it seemed. Nick was a pretty surprisingly observant guy, even if his thoughts got away from him more often than not. So, he noticed the embarrassed blush slowly encasing Garret's face and had to bite down on his bottom lip hard to not point it out in a teasing fashion. "Aw, gaining Cap's manners? How patriotic of you," he teased quietly to Garret, so only he heard; which was easy, since he was so close to him without any shits given. His head snapped towards Rain when he heard she could run really fast. Like The Flash. Oh, The Flash! Another hero Nick wanted to meet. What the Hell was up with the abundance of heroes in the world, anwyay? Like, in a few hundred years, was the world just gonna be full with heroes and there would be no crime, just peace and a lot of bored superheroes unsure of what to do with their lives? They could make a superhero Olympics! Now that sounded fun. Shit, Nick wouldn't be alive in a few hundred years, so he was going to miss out. Unless he was reincarnated. But, then, he wouldn't remember his genius right now and that'd suck. But, he wouldn't know he couldn't remember his genius right now and so he wouldn't know it'd suck.

What took him out of his train of thought, was that kid, Will, recognizing Garret. He blinked a little over at the kid, trying to rack his brain on if he had possibly seen Will around the Tower, and hadn't acknowledged it (couldn't had forgotten, he never forgot, which was a blessing and a curse, but he can, in his own way, forget things by not acknowledging them or having them shoved so far back into his mind, it took a while to recall). He couldn't recall ever seeing Will (he had lived in the Tower for a year, a great year, one of the best years of his life for sure- concentrate) but Will called Tony uncle Stark so what was Nick missing? Nick didn't like missing things. He never missed bits of information and now he was definitely a little bothered he was missing something that had happened in the Tower. By the time he was working up to saying something, after shuffling through all those thoughts and getting to the part of his brain that helped him speak, the kid was going on a ramble about spies. Nick glanced at Garret, knowing how he felt about being here. He didn't want to be tied in to anything or anyone at the Tower, because he wanted to prove himself here, that he could do this without powers, and not seem like he had an advantage above everyone else from knowing any Avengers.

After the kid claimed top bunk - damnit, if I get roomed with him, I'm totally stealing it! - he grinned wide. " Or Uncle Tony just really likes this face!" he said, patting Garret's cheek, and then ruffling his hair playfully before turning his attention back to the kid. Seriously, that was his name for Will - the kid. He shall forever be called the kid in Nick's head... and in his words, because Nick didn't care. "If Garret was a spy, he'd make an amazing one! Oh!" Nick gasped, breaking away from Garret's hold, hopping off of his lap, and standing up. He changed the subject, which wasn't anything new for him, but it also took the attention off of Garret. "I forgot to finish explaining my powers! Okay, so like-" the ramp began to lower itself, and Nick took notice, since light flooded into the space, and he threw his hands up as another attractive human being came aboard. He was totally going to continue, but then she introduced herself, and how could Nick ignore a pretty lady introducing herself? It'd be so rude if he didn't say something! (Even if it seemed like the young woman was addressing the other two women instead of all the boys in here). "Je suis Nick! Jen, un autre beau visage à ajouter à cette ligne d'beaux visages, comment merveilleux!" he flashed a toothy grin over at her and said, thankfully in English this time, "So lovely to meet another lovely person!" he gave a dramatic bow her way, because it was Nick, and Nick was dramatic more often than not. "We were discussing our powers! So, like, finally gonna get around to telling mine! I mean, you guys will see it later- focus, Nick, focus! So, these markings on my arms are not tattoos, even though they totally look like it, right?" he stuck both his arms out, twisting and turning them how far they could go, staring at his own black, swirling markings.

"I can actually make 'em manifest! Like, to use as whips... like Indiana Jones. Feel free to call me Indy." he winked at no one in particular, just the general direction of everyone, because everyone was attractive, and Nick liked attractive things. "There's other crap I can do, too, but who wants to hear the boring details!? When you can just see it later!" again, he gave another dramatic bow, and went to take his seat back on Garret's lap, because he could when the Quinjet was landing softly again. Fast little fucker, this thing was, and Nick loved her so, so much. He might want to marry her. Oh! But he couldn't, because then he might cheat on her with the helicarrier! Such two beautiful ladies, how could he ever choose? He hadn't even seen the helicarrier yet. He was so excited to die over her. The ramp had finished dropping and Nick stopped settling down onto Garret when he saw a cowboy walk on board. Nick didn't think he had ever moved so fast before in his life, hopping off of Garret's lap and landing beside him with a thud that sounded slightly painful, and it was, and nudging Garret hard in the ribs with his elbow. "It's an actual cowboy, dude!!!!" he whispered excitedly, and loudly, in his ear, grabbing Garret's arm and shaking it before letting it go. Cowboy didn't look too happy, though. More so, he looked like he was ready to bolt when he saw everyone. Aw, poor cowboy was nervous! So, Nick took it upon himself to be the helpful young man that he was, and shouted out, "Hey, cowboy, come sit with us!"

Whoa, it worked! Cowboy came over and sat a seat away from Garret, those brown, obviously loved cowboy boots kicking his suitcase under the seat, before he looked over at them. Holy crap. Nick thought, because this man was all cowboy, and Nick couldn't be more excited for Garret. He didn't only dress like a cowboy, he looked like one, with the tanned skin, sun lines on his face, and the broad shoulders. Nick might be in-love with him. But not really, he wouldn't do that to Garret, who had a strange thing for old Westerns and Clint Eastwood. Who the Hell knew fate would actually come along? It didn't go unnoticed by Nick, since he had a focus on the cowboy he rarely showed, that the cowboy's eyes lingered on Garret, flickering over his face, and oh-ho, that was interesting. Something Nick wouldn't be shoving to the back of his head.

"Howdy." he spoke. He spoke in the most country way ever, with a voice so deep and rough, it was made gravelly, and Nick's insides melted. He looked around at everyone else in the Quinjet, wondering if they were witnessing this amazing thing unfolding as well. A cowboy! A real cowboy! Like, Nick had known people in the South still had ranches and farms, dressed all out, spoke just like cowboys would, but knowing about it and then seeing it were two different things. Nick had grown up in a city, then moved to another city. He hadn't even stepped foot anywhere near a rural place before. So, okay, Nick was a little dazzled by seeing someone that was so opposite what he knew, that was so different, even spoke different. Sure, there were others like that on here too, but nobody was dressed like a fucking cowboy okay. Nick was overreacting, but he overreacted about everything. First it had been Damon's wings that had him going, then Garret, and now it was a cowboy. Nick was very rarely bored with how easily his attention was snagged and kept by any and everything.

French translation.

"Je suis Nick! Jen, un autre beau visage à ajouter à cette ligne d'beaux visages, comment merveilleux!

I am Nick! Jen, another beautiful face to add to this line up of beautiful faces, how wonderful!

X-Men: Age of Mutants

@flightless-angel-castiel I'll just leave this here...



If only Netflix hadn't taken it down. I really want to watch it again.

@TheIrishJJ

Bless, this has made my night (erm, morning) so much better.

But same, I watched it so long ago, I barely remember it (damn you, crap memory!)

X-Men: Age of Mutants

Just gonna drop this off here until I have the time to finish it! :3

Heavily WIP Eli Jacobs

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Avenger's Academy; Volume 1

Not even Castiel knows about this one(actual title)

@tenebrae16

_{the secrecy, I love it}

This will my favorite one, I can feel it.

Avenger's Academy; Volume 1

dat tx cowboy tho

Scott Clinton Westwood

Alias/Codename:
Currently doesn’t have one.

Age:
21.

Country of origin:
The good ol' United States of 'Murica (Corpus Christi, TX).

Basic appearance:

Scott is the typical Texan farm boy. He certainly fits the TX stereotype, at least. Standing at 5’11, and weighing roughly about 190 from muscle alone, he has a body that obviously started hard labour from a young age. He is very fit, strong arms from throwing around bales of hay and lifting up the stubborn pigs who wouldn’t listen and get in their pen; muscled legs from all the standing, walking, and plenty of running he has engaged in over the years (most of the running was not by his own choice, his animals just love to screw with him, it seemed); core strength probably the weakest part of his body, but it wasn’t that weak. His complexion is tan, tan, tan. All golden skin, practically permanent since he spent literally every day outside (even on the days he was sick, much to his mother’s chagrin). Not only does Scott have a body to look at, but he has a face worth looking at to boot.

Dirty blonde hair on the darker side, always chopped shorter in the back and on the sides, with his bangs always being pushed back by his fingers. Sometimes, they fall across his forehead, sitting above his eyes, but usually, they listen and stay in place. Gray-blue eyes, set under thinner eyebrows that are more of a dark brown rather than a dirty blonde. Sometimes, he might sport scruff, coming in the color of hair. From spending many hours in the sun, he has noticeable laugh lines around his eyes, most noticeable when he, of course, smiles or squints. Another thing to take note of when he’s smiling wide enough, is that he has slight dimples. With a straight nose and pink cupid’s lips, and the typical fashion of plaid, jeans, big belt buckles, boots, and cowboy hats, Scott makes for one handsome rancher.

Costume:
Currently doesn’t have one of these either.

Skills:

Shooting:
There ain’t much to do on a ranch smackdab in the middle of nowhere. ‘Specially when you aren’t allowed to go very many places. Shooting at cans, trees, fence posts, anything that wasn’t living and breathing, was one of the few things Scott had to do. Scott isn’t anywhere near expert with shooting, though he isn’t a beginner either since he started so young, and he hasn’t used an array of guns. The only guns he has shot is his trusty old semi-auto rifle and a semi-auto pistol. His mother kept them in the house for safety purposes but Scott always made good use of them while taking good care of them too.

Horseback-riding:
Can’t really be surprised by this one considering he’s a country boy who grew up on a ranch.

Mechanical:
Scott knows how to drive tractors and yes, the big kinds. Kind of gotta know how to to take proper care of the ranch. He also knows how to tend to these big engines, learning from his Uncle, and can use just about any tool he picks up.

Hard-working:
Scott was up at the ass crack of dawn every day for nearly his whole life to tend to the ranch. He is very hard-working, and whenever a task is given to him, he is very driven and focused on it. He doesn’t give up easily and isn’t used to failure… at all.

Playing the acoustic/songwriting:
Not very helpful when it comes to crime-fighting or whatever, but it’s a nice thing to note.

Tracking:
Be it animals or people, he’s pretty damn skilled at tracking things, and finding them (came from when the damn cows wouldn’t listen to him and they’d get out and go wherever they pleased… which was more often than he’d like to admit).

Reading/writing:
Again, middle of nowhere ranch, not much to do. So, he took up the hobby of reading and writing, and can read pretty damn quickly, and piece together some pretty impressive sentences.




Powers:
Shapeshifting:
Not as cool as it sounds. Scott can only shapeshift into animals. The twist? He can only shapeshift into animals he has touched before. So, he very well can’t shapeshift into a T-rex, nor a tiger unless he wants to get into a literal cat fight afterward.

Setbacks:
- It isn’t a painless process. It takes time for his body to adjust literally morphing into another being. It varies between animals, how long the intense pain lasts, and how often he shifts into that animal. It sounds pretty painful too. It isn’t pleasant to be around when he’s shifting, the sounds never go away, considering his body is either shrinking or growing larger. The pain doesn’t really go away either; for animals he has been changing into for years, it’s easier, less painful during the shifting process, but he still suffers from sore muscles, but they’re a sore like after a tough workout, nothing too painful or crippling. The time it takes to shift depends on how long he has been shifting into that animal; the first few times shifting, the process could take a few minutes. But with shifts his body is adjusted too, it can happen fairly quickly, almost in a black of an eye.

- Ripping/shedding clothes. Clothes do not shift with him so… expect to see naked Scott at some point in the future. Maybe a suit can be designed that somehow shifts with him or at least lets him shed it quickly so he has something to put on after changing back. Depending on the size of the animal, his clothes might simply just fall to the ground, but he has ripped plenty of clothes by accident.

- It’s hard to control. Emotions drive his power. He has to be very careful about controlling his reactions to things, so he might come off very indifferent, though that’s only because he doesn’t want to get overly excited and suddenly be a dog, or he doesn’t want to become angry and suddenly become a horse bent on kicking someone. If he gets overly emotional, he has to fight the urge to shift which is very hard, and he’s still, to this day, learning to control that. He also still has an issue with touching animals with his bare hands; he will shift into the animal immediately if he touches them with his bare hand, because he honestly doesn’t know how to get a grasp on his power. He can immediately shift back to his human form, but it’s sort of embarrassing since he’s going to be as naked as the day he was born. He can control it better with animals he has shift into more, but for newer ones? Nah.

- Usually lasting a few hours after shifting back from an animal, Scott will eat the diet of that animal, and he will also have the traits of that animal. For example, if he shifts back from a horse, he might be bent on eating sugar cubes and running around a large area. He can control this… to a point. The diet, not so much. Shifting takes a lot of energy, and he almost always has to eat after. As for the traits… those he tries really hard to prevent, because it’s always embarrassing, but some things are bound to slip through and make for a very red-faced Scott.

Ability to talk to animals:
This one doesn’t require touching the animal but rather, hearing them. He can’t talk in the human language, of course, he has to talk to them in their language, hence him having to hear an animal be talkative first. His vocal chords are unlike a normal human’s and they somehow manage to mimic any animal sound so he can communicate with them. Maybe they creepily shift inside his body, who knows.

Setbacks:
- He might have a sore throat depending on what animal talk he’s using. Some of them really hurt his throat and sometimes, he has to take a break from talking in any form for a few hours after. So thus, for some animal-talking, he might have to keep it short.

- Depending on the animal, and how smart they are... it can be hard to talk to some. Really hard. Some, he can't talk too, because they might have a one track mind, and won't even acknowledge him. Some can hold a steady conversation before going off about something else (probably food). But he has also found some that can hold a conversation, most of his livestock could, and those are, of course, the most engaging.

- He finds this one as a personal setback: he often catches himself subconsciously making animal noises in reply to things going on around him. It has made some people stare, that’s for sure.

List of animals he can shift into:
The first animal he touches, is how he’ll always look when shifting into that animal in the future, and as for different breeds of animals, he has to touch the specific breed to be able to shift into that one.

Horse.

Cat.

Dog.

Cow/Bull.
Pig.

Parakeet.

Hen/Rooster.
Crow.
Armadillo.
Skunk (this… this was a big regret once he shifted back and the skunk he had touched hadn’t left and wouldn’t listen to reason).

History:

I don’t understand the meaning of a short history, never will!

Westwood Ranch was situated right on the edge of Corpus Christi, a modest ranch with a span of a thousand acres, all green with scattered trees, a fair-sized pasture, and a big, beautiful farm house with an equally big and beautiful barn and stable. Betty Westwood ran the ranch, a fierce and strong single mother to Scott, alongside her older brother, and Scott’s uncle, Hunter Westwood. Their next door neighbor - King Ranch. King Ranch was one of the largest ranches in the world, sitting pretty on 185,000 acres. For the most part, it looked as if neither ranches bothered the other, not even to offer help or possibly trade. That didn’t mean it was all sunshine and happiness on Westwood Ranch, however. Naturally, Scott grew up in the thick of the ranch, and was home-schooled from the get-go. Once he was old enough to handle chores and responsibility, Uncle Hunter would have him up at the ass crack of dawn tending to the ranch, till everything was done no matter what time it was. The only breaks he would get were to do homework and eat. Betty and Uncle Hunter told him it was how they grew up, and so Scott would grow up the same.

For a while, everything was normal. Betty was his teacher, and the only thing he was above in was reading, he gained his mother’s hard-working trait, and Uncle Hunter was not only teaching him the way of ranch life, but also letting him try his hand at shooting their rifle and pistol and showing him how to track, to watch out for any coyotes or other predators roaming too close. Uncle Hunter had playfully nudged him while showing him how to track and said, “and maybe for one day when you gotta hunt down a person like a secret spy.” the idea sounded appealing to a young, hyperactive boy. Betty helped with the ranch when she found the time, but she also worked somewhere in the city, as far as Scott knew, some desk job. She hated the job but it paid well, and the ranch could use all the money it could get it. Little Scott didn’t know of the financial woes the ranch was experiencing and was happy to just work hard like his father figure and mother, and to be with the animals. It went unnoticed for some time but both Betty and Hunter began to notice the almost eerie connection Scott had with all the animals on the farm. Primarily they noticed how the animals reacted to him, and he them. For Hunter and Betty, the chickens fled, but for Scott, they stayed near and even let the young boy gently pat their heads or backs. For Hunter and Betty, the cows shifted away when being milked, and sometimes put up a fuss. But if Scott was near, the cows would be calm, and were always pushing their noses against Scott in something that could be considered a playful fashion. For Hunter and Betty, the horses were good, tamed, but sometimes, a couple would bite and refuse to be brushed down. But, again, for Scott, all five of their horses were the most tamed, sweet things in the world, and would always dip their heads so young Scott could pat at them.

It didn’t cause any problems, actually it helped a lot, so they didn’t address it. When Scott would sometimes mimic an animal noise, they didn’t address it, since Scott spent so much time around them to begin with and he was a kid. What did cause problems was whenever they would sell livestock for much needed money, one or two cows here, maybe a pig there, and Scott would cry for hours over the loss. But at the age of nine, things got weirder, because he began to very frequently address the animals in what seemed like their own tongue, and the animals would seemingly reply. It was like he was having a conversation with them and Betty was watching this development from afar.

One night when he had barked at his childhood dog and the dog jumped up and down and barked back, Betty had finally asked her son if he could talk to animals. Joking or no, Scott beamed and said he could, that they were his friends, and the chickens wanted a bigger coop. Betty had simply hummed in acknowledgement and thought. She told Hunter about it, who simply shrugged and said “kids will be kids; he probably wants the coop to be bigger ‘cause he’s havin’ problems squeezin’ his growin’ ass in there with the damn birds.” At age 11, was when Scott’s world was officially tipped upside down. He had been playing with his childhood dog, who had already been middle-aged when he was a baby, so was moving a lot slower and sluggish these days, when he was in sudden agonizing pain, his body feeling like it was on fire. He had been far away from the house, having been playing with his Sheltie inside the large expanse of the pasture, and so by the time he was found since he had been screaming, what Betty and Hunter found was not only Scott’s Sheltie, but another Sheltie there, but more youthful. Betty and Hunter were in amazement when the strange, young Sheltie began to whimper and twitch, body curling in on itself. All Betty and Hunter could do was watch as fur gave away to skin, muzzle reared back into a nose and mouth, ears sunk down and hair formed, and then they were looking at a shaking and crying Scott laying on the ground.

Betty and Hunter easily accepted him and tried to help him come to terms with his new ability. Uncle Hunter was the most helpful, always ruffling Scott’s hair while he was still recovering from the shock and taking a break of doing work on the ranch, and saying something like, “Who knows, maybe one day you’ll do somethin’ really cool with this ability, Scotty!” it gave Scott hope that maybe he would do something good with this ability one day. Betty had to keep working, but each time she came home, she shot off questions at Scott, asking if he shifted again, how he felt, how it felt. These questions were becoming common practice and one night, Scott had heard Uncle Hunter angrily whispering at Betty to “back off, this is hard ‘nough. He’s just a kid, Betty, ‘member?!” Betty had made a slight noise of acknowledgement and of course, Scott didn’t ask what that was all about. When Scott got back to working about a week later, his second shift happened in the stables. He had just gotten out there, rays of sun barely stretching along the dark sky, Uncle Hunter tending to the chicken coop, and reached out to touch one of the horses. The same thing happened as did with his Sheltie; horrible, unbearable pain then he was a horse, and that was how he was found once again. When he had shifted back, tattered clothes around him and shaking and crying, Betty had hugged him and said, “don’t worry, you’re gonna be so strong one day and be able to handle it, ‘kay?” Scott wasn’t sure he wanted to keep this up, but Uncle Hunter kept feeding him words of encouragement, telling him he was special and he was going to go to good places because of his “gift.” His mother, on the other hand, was more bent on asking questions about it, and even asked if he wanted to test a theory out. Scott was a naturally curious person and so he agreed.

Betty must of ran the idea by Uncle Hunter, because Scott overheard them fighting while he was tucked up in the corner of their big comfy couch with his nose in a book. His pet parakeet at the time, sadly she passed away later on and Scott had cried plenty, had even gotten quiet when the heated words drifted into the living room. Uncle Hunter didn’t want Scott pushing himself, or doing things he didn’t want too. Betty claimed Scott knew his limits and would tell them. After more heated words that were hushed so Scott couldn’t make them out, Betty had asked Scott to come outside, and so he followed his mother and father figure out. Uncle Hunter had been tense and unhappy-looking, while Betty had been all smiles and bright eyes, excitement. Betty had asked Scott to try and think of an animal that wasn’t on the farm. And to try to shift into it. Scott hadn’t been sure he wanted to go through the pain, and he voiced his concern. But Betty had shushed him and said he’d get used to it, while Uncle Hunter had stepped up and said Scott didn’t have too. But, Scott had wanted to try for his mother, and so he totally tried a T-rex and the most that had given him was a headache from thinking so damn hard. Betty had mm’d when he said he couldn’t shift into the dinosaur and took his little hand, bringing him to the chicken coop. Betty had gotten Scott to touch a chicken and it happened, his third shift. Just as painful as the first two, and after he shifted back from a chicken, he was again a shaking and sobbing mess from the shock. Betty had hugged him tight and said her theory panned out. If he touched an animal with his bare hand, he became that animal. It led him to having to wear gloves around the farm. Uncle Hunter had been the one who whisked Scott inside and wrapped him up in blankets and gave him hot tea. Uncle Hunter had smoothed Scott’s bangs back from his sweaty forehead and told him, “If you don’t want to use your powers anymore, you ain’t gotta, you understand? No matter what mom says.” Scott had nodded, rejected his tea, and proceeded to sleep for many hours.

He hadn’t stopped using his power. Uncle Hunter had been a support beam for him during it all, during him adjusting to the power, learning about it, discovering new things. He had still helped Scott do normal kid things during it all, played games with him, helped him write weird short stories, watched stupid cartoons with him. Betty, well, every time she had came from work, she had new questions, new theories. But then after getting all the answers from Scott, she’d kiss his forehead and tell him he was so special and wonderful, and he was going to do great and amazing things one day. Scott had loved both his Uncle and mother equally, and he had been glad they both believed in him. By the age of fourteen, the shifts to all the ranch animals were still painful, but to the point he could handle it, and he had been often shifting and unshifting, getting practice in. But even with the ability, Uncle Hunter had encouraged finding hobbies; Uncle Hunter had kept training him with the guns and in tracking. At fifteen, Uncle Hunter had given him an acoustic guitar, telling him with a grin “women love a country boy who can play guitar.” Scott hadn’t really met anyone else but Uncle Hunter and his mom. They sometimes brought him out but that was it. So far, how he knew anything about kids his age had been from the TV and books. But, he had still learned the guitar, enjoying it more than he had expected, and with that came him writing songs. Scott had been as happy as a boy with strange powers and no friends his age could be. The only really bad thing that had happened during the year he was fifteen had been when his childhood dog passed away. He had cried for days and with that overwhelming emotion, it hadn’t been uncommon to find him in his Sheltie form, laying in his late dog’s doggie bed and whimpering.

Even with the animals, a lot of them being his friends, and his Uncle and mother, he had still felt lonely. He had wanted human interaction with people his age. He had seen it from afar, when he went to the city with Uncle Hunter to get supplies or eat out for once, or his mother would take him to the store for grocery shopping. He had seen it on TV, or read it in books. He had wanted friendships with people but when he brought it up to Betty, she had simply said because of his power, it wasn’t safe for him to be around other people but them. He had asked Uncle Hunter if he could start going to public school, whining in the back of his throat and begging with big, tearful eyes, and Uncle Hunter had grabbed his shoulder and, with a sad smile, said, “Maybe next year, bud, ‘kay?” Next year came and he got the same answer, Uncle Hunter looking even more pained to say it. At this point, Scott was sixteen, growing into his own, and he hadn’t been one to keep his mouth shut or hold back. So, he had demanded why, why couldn’t he make his own choice to start attending high school and meet new people? Uncle Hunter hadn’t answered for a long time, going back to grooming down the horse Scott could shift into, a beautiful quarter horse, before sighing and finally answering him. Scott hadn’t liked the answer. Uncle Hunter simply said, “I really do believe you can be someone later but you… you aren’t ready to be around others. You can’t control your power well ‘nough. What happens if a girl comes up to ya and smiles? Or a cute boy?” he had shot Scott a look and said, “I see the way ya drool over that one dark-haired fella from that weird train movie with all the snow, I ain’t blind and I ain’t bothered. But what, you gonna shift into that mangy stray cat you keep feedin’ scraps too?” Scott hadn’t said anything, instead turning on his heel and stomping off with a huff that sounded more like a horse whinny but he wouldn’t admit to it.

He hadn’t wanted to accept his fate but… he also wasn’t going to go behind Uncle Hunter’s or Betty’s back. Because Scott wasn’t an idiot. He wasn’t the smartest person around but he certainly wasn’t an idiot. He had understood their concerns, and he had also understood that people wouldn’t take well to his power like they would. He’d accept it but he didn’t have to like it. Time kept going, and it was the same old, same old. Help on the ranch, walk the acres of the ranch and try to convince strange animals to let him touch them (almost always, he was basically told to fuck off, but some were nice), screw with his animals for his own laughs (his laugh had been cut off the one time he was messing with Moo Moo, his favorite (don’t tell the others) cow; he couldn’t even remember what he had said and did, but he had been sitting on a stool beside her, and so he had a bruise in the shape of her hoof on his side, right below his ribs, for about two weeks. There were also other times the animals spited him but that was part of the fun), practice shooting, play some songs for Betty and Uncle Hunter (they claimed he could sing, but he didn’t hear it), read, read, read, ride the couple horses that enjoyed it to keep them happy, write songs and short stories for his own amusement, aaaaand repeat. Life was simple and maybe he could like it, if he hadn’t felt like he was missing out on something from his lack of a social circle.

Twenty had been the age things flipped upside down. He’d rather experience his first shifting three times over and then some than the pain of that whole year. Betty died. She had worked a desk job at a law firm. Supposedly, one of the lawyers lost a case, the person was very angry, and shot the place up, killing his mother. Scott couldn’t believe it when Uncle Hunter told him. He had felt like he was in a haze. No Betty to come home and pester him over his ability, ask him a million questions, then hug him and kiss his temple and tell him how special and important he was. No Betty to push him to use his ability, to fine tune it, to perfect it because she had told him that was important, it was important he discovered his true potential, that she wanted him to feel good about himself. No Betty to roll her brown eyes (eyes so unlike his own but the one time he had asked after his father, Betty had up and left the room without a word, and Uncle Hunter had said it was a “sensitive subject, sorry, bud.”), and shove a TV dinner in his arms with a rose eyebrow when he whined about being hungry. No mom. Scott hadn’t believed it until Uncle Hunter and him were at the funeral home, getting her cremated because it had been cheaper and quicker. He had barely held it together in time for Uncle Hunter to get him home, so he could rip out of his clothes as he shifted into his Sheltie form, and had laid in the horse stables for hours, making no sound and staring off blankly, ignoring the horses asking what was wrong.

The very next day had brought more pain. Uncle Hunter had approached him while Scott was tending to the horses and said he was selling the ranch to the current owner of King Ranch, because they had wanted to expand out this way anyway, and they were in the way. It had taken a while for Uncle Hunter to talk him out of his horse form, and to convince Scott to “not kick me in the nuts, please, hear me out!” Scott had been angry, and hurt, but Uncle Hunter told him they couldn’t afford the ranch at this rate. Scott had been almost ready to calm down because Uncle Hunter hadn’t wanted to leave but then - Uncle Hunter informed him he had gotten him a nice place set up in the city, he had some money for him, and he was sure with Scott’s hard-working drive and fit body, he could secure a job fairly quickly. Scott had exploded again, but this time in angry snarls and biting words, barely containing bursting into something as his body was wracked with hard shudders. He had told Uncle Hunter to give him the rent money for the apartment, the money he had now, and he would figure out a way to keep the ranch afloat on his own and without Uncle Hunter’s help. Uncle Hunter had said it wouldn’t be enough money to tend to the bills and animals, and that Scott would have to work multiple jobs to keep paying for the ranch. Scott had been willing to do any type of work to keep his ranch, his animals, his friends, but Uncle Hunter had dropped the bomb: he had already signed the ranch over and it was no longer theirs, and it would be impossible to buy back now. Everything Scott had known, everything he had grown up around, everything he literally lived and breathed, gone, in just two days. In a practical instant. Scott hadn’t even been angry anymore. He had just been sad.

Uncle Hunter had said he would put everything in the house in storage. He did. He had given Scott the address to the storage place and an extra key so he could access it whenever he wanted. He had only went once, to get a couple of pocket-sized family photos, needing something to remind him of the life that had been so suddenly ripped from him. He had let Uncle Hunter help him settle into the new apartment, into the city. The only thing he hadn’t let Uncle Hunter help him with was his goodbyes to his animals. It had been long, and drawn-out, and painful. Maybe more painful than his first few shifts. No one had been happy that day. After Scott had let Uncle Hunter see him to the apartment, Scott had told him to never contact him again, and slammed the door in his face. He had hated doing it but he had never felt such anger, or betrayal, before. For roughly the rest of the year, he had struggled to secure a place in society, and had barely managed. The money Uncle Hunter had provided him with didn’t last that long, and so he had gotten a shitty factory job, something he hated. He hated all the people, the loud noises, how he couldn’t look up at night and see the stars because of all the light pollution. He had wanted to run away, back to the ranch that was no longer Westwood Ranch. He could, slip in as an animal, visit, check up. It had struck him hard one night and he did it. Just one last time, just to see the house, his animals, the pasture. Just one last time.

He wished he hadn’t. King Ranch had cleaned up quickly. It had been all gone. The house, the barn, the pasture, the stable. All wiped away, to expand the King Ranch, to build up more pastures for separated livestock. He hadn’t even known where his animals were and he dragged himself back to his apartment, in the horrible, loud, and too bright city. As months kept going, he had been having troubles with controlling his ability, and he had more than once let animal noises slip around his co-workers. Scott did try, he talked to some of his co-workers, had to talk to his bosses, but he still struggled to find a footing. It hadn’t been like talking to Betty or Uncle Hunter, words flowing easily between them. He had been struggling. He had been at his wit’s end, considering between going to King Ranch himself, throwing himself at the feet of the owner and begging for a place to work, begging to see his animals because he would be able to tell which were his, or just disappearing, be it from becoming some stray animal and slinking off into the night, or just into nothingness. But, before he could really dip over an edge that he hadn’t been entirely sure where it would lead him, he had received a letter in the mail. Inviting him to the Avengers Academy. He had, of course, found it odd he had gotten a letter requesting him but… maybe, just maybe, this was what he needed. Maybe this was what his Uncle Hunter had meant when he said he could do good things, that he could be something. Either way, Scott felt like he had nothing to lose, so he accepted.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Initial observation report:
Subject purposefully comes off as indifferent because when he experiences bouts of strong emotion, he struggles to control his ability. Subject also appears to be very hard-working, listens well, but lacks social skills and struggles to communicate with others.

Training regimen/expertise:
- Covert Ops and Espionage coupled with Infiltration Training - subject has potential to be fine tuned to be able to slip in and out of places without notice.

- Firearms Training - subject has some experience in firearms and can benefit from more.

- Basic Combat Training - subject has no prior experience in fighting whatsoever and has never engaged in it before.

Potential outlook:
If subject can learn to control his ability, he could be a useful asset when it comes to going incognito.

Best case scenario:
Subject learns to control his ability when experiencing intense emotion, and becomes useful in undercover missions.

Worst case scenario:
Subject simply cannot grasp control of his ability, and does not work out.

Avenger's Academy; Volume 1

@Winter Kitten

_{i just gave up with it}

I got chu, you stupid punk.

Avenger's Academy; Volume 1