Post by Moonie Hayes on Nov 28, 2019 4:13:44 GMT -5
The Basics
Name: Moonie Abram Hayes
Nicknames: N/A
Age: 22
Pronouns: He/Him
Orientation: Bisexual/Heteroromantic
Desired Rank/Job: Local Resident, Hammel Alumni, Music Specialist at Attitude City
Powers:
POWER: Elasticity
Elasticity power holders can become extremely malleable and elastic, allowing them to stretch, flatten, deform, expand, and contract their whole body, including limbs, torso, neck, etc. They can control how elastic/flexible they or parts of them are, allowing user to change their bodies into various tools or other constructs.
LIMITATIONS:
Elasticity is very susceptible sharp edges, so knives and the like can be very dangerous. In addition, Moonie can stretch himself no further than 10 times his original size. Moonie can only take about three times the trauma a normal person would be able to handle before it's traumatic.
Moonie can only maintain a stretch for up to five minutes before returning to normal. Overuse can lower the range at which he can stretch himself until rested.
SIDE-EFFECTS:
Stretching too much may cause misalignment in the body when returning to normal, causing pain and discomfort. Frequent doctor checkups are recommended to make sure that everything is in place.
Restlessness at night can be a problem in addition to a very high metabolism, caused by the body desperately trying to replace the energy used. Due to the restlessness, Moonie may find himself sleeping for longer periods of time when he finally gets to sleep.
Sometimes in the mornings, Moonie has troubles with his balance because his body is still getting used to being awake.
Loose skin.
Play By: Dan Avidan
The Details
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 6' 2"
Any Piercings? None.
Any Tattoos? None.
Any Scars? Small burn scar on his left hand from an electrical incident.
General Appearance:
Due to generations of Hebrew blood running through Moonie's veins, his hair is very curly. His skin is also very stretchy, similar to those with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, where the skin doesn't seem to be attached to the tissue. He can be described as lanky, as he's fairly thin and rather tall. Moonie is usually sporting leather jackets, jeans and t-shirt, and the once-a-week button-down shirt. He usually carries himself in an unconfident manner, as if he shouldn't be there, or as if someone is going to yell at him. Moonie usually has a small beard going on, although he does shave it all off once in a while, and wears small stubble/5 o'clock shadow.
Personality:
Moonie is a pretty laid back person; he just kind of goes with the flow. He's not really one for long drawn out plans or detailed goals for his future. He takes life as it comes, only really making short term goals for himself. He mostly sticks to doing the few things that are his hobbies, but if he's not doing anything, he doesn't mind stepping out of his comfort zone to do what others want to do.
Respect is a big deal for Moonie, and he believes that if everyone could just respect and be kind to each other, that the world would be a much better place. Moonie respects the opinions of others, and tries to keep them in mind when making decisions, or just living out his daily life. Once his trust has been betrayed by another, his respect has to be earned back, which could be difficult depending on the situation.
Moonie like turn based strategy games, where he can plan ahead and defeat his opponent. He's very eccentric when it comes to these types of things, and loves the competition. If he can optimize everything he can in a card or video game, it pleases him to no end.
Romance is important to Moonie. He loves rom-com movies and cheesy coffee dates with people he's just met, and the whole long walks on the beach shindig. Moonie believes in love, but isn't too sure that he'll find the real deal. He's very faithful to his friends and significant others, and tries to be as honest as he can.
Moonie struggles with commitment issues, finishing very few of the things he decides to start. He often decides to start doing something, but by the end of the month forgets all about it. He's very wishy-washy when it comes to life decisions, and doesn't like to stick to doing one thing for too long, unless he really really likes it.
Humour is Moonie's bread and butter, and he enjoys it in most any type of form. He likes to kid and joke around a lot, and sometimes he hurts people's feelings. Moonie doesn't ever try and hurt someone, except on certain occasions, but sometimes he can be joking around and accidentally offend or hurt someone.
Everybody has hard times, but sometimes those types of things can send people spiralling out of control into depression. Moonie is in a lifelong battle with depression, where his darkness comes and goes as it pleases. Through therapy and occasional self medication, he's been able to keep it from impacting his life too much, but it's still always there in the back of his head. Adopting a non-denominational Buddhist spiritual path has helped to further his progress towards a healthier, more balanced mind.
Your Vices
Likes:
Music, nearly any kind, barring stadium country.
Meditation
Cannabis
Tech
Boxing
Anime/Japanese culture
Writing
Slappin' da bass guitar
Video Games, especially the turn based strategy and RPG genres
Tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu
Dislikes:
Stadium country music
Loud surroundings (sensory overload issues)
Dealing with new situations and places alone
Hypocrisy
Insensitive people
Greed
Strengths:
Proficient at bass guitar
Excellent mediator
Great listener
Knowledgeable in the tech field, but has no certifications.
Passionate and caring lover
Weaknesses:
Commitment issues
Chronic depression
Low confidence
Low motivation
Could be described as lazy
Holds himself to higher standards than he should, and then disappoints himself
Family Ties
Father: Billy Hayes, deceased
Mother: Fay Hayes
Siblings: Rell Hayes
Spouse/Partner: N/A
Any Other Important People: N/A
History
[TRIGGER WARNING: ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, SUICIDE, MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TERMINAL ILLNESS]
Moonie Abram Hayes was born in a small town in Missouri to Fay and Billy Hayes. Billy barely graduated highschool and found himself working as an electrician at the time, and Fay skipped out on nursing school to stay with Billy after she graduated high school. Fay had one child already, a boy named Rell who was 5 years ahead of Moonie. While Rell and Moonie shared a mother, they had different fathers.
Moonie's early years were full of trouble, most of which came from his father, who was a raging alcoholic and addict. Billy Hayes was a walking mental illness, working hours and hours at a time on cocaine not to provide for the family, but so he could fuel his addictions. He was an abusive spouse. Billy beat his wife physically and abused her emotionally until she finally snapped. When Moonie was 4, Fay packed up their things, and she, Moonie, and Rell all left Billy that night.
Billy wouldn't let it go. For a while he stalked Fay; he'd even show up where she worked. After a while, things cooled down, and the divorce was finalized. Moonie, Rell, and Fay found a place with the help of assisted living while they got back on their feet. Eventually they were able to get out of it all, and it got even better when Fay got back together with Rell's dad, Jerry, and moved in with him.
Moonie and had to adjust to living with step-brothers, which wasn't too awful. Moonie caught the tail end of a lot of jokes and torment, though, because he was the youngest of all of the children. One night they convinced Moonie that wolves would come and get him through the windows at night, and then went out in wolf masks to scare him through the window. It was a hard time for Moonie, but he managed to handle all of the tormenting that his brother and step-brothers dished out.
Billy ended his life a year later. Fay and Jerry sat Moonie down after he got home from school one day to deliver him the news. Fay never sugar coated anything to her children. She told him the whole story: Billy was running from the police to escape jail time for drug charges, and shot himself in the head. He'd always said that he was worth more to Rell and Moonie dead than alive. He may have been right. Moonie didn't attend his father's funeral nor the visitation. He never even went to the gravesite even when he grew up.
Eventually things blew up at Jerry's as well, so again, Fay, Rell, and Moonie moved out and found a place on their own. There, they grew very close to one another. At some point it even felt like it was Moonie and his mom and brother against the world. Moonie made lots of friends in his new school and finally felt some stability since he didn't have to change schools anymore. There for a while, it felt like he changed schools every month with how many new places they had to live, so it was nice to finally stick around somewhere.
After a while, Moonie's mom started dating again. She finally said yes to a guy who'd been asking her out for a long time. Rick was a really nice guy. He would even sit down and play video games with Rell and Moonie, something that they loved to do. They were always either at school or playing video games. After about a year, he proposed to Fay. She agreed, trying to get hitched before her dad passed away because her dad really liked Rick, and his health was fading from the cancer.
Soon enough, the deal was sealed and everyone was living underneath Rick's roof. Times were pretty good, even though the house was crowded because Rick still had two sons living with him. After about a year, Fay's dad finally passed away in his sleep. Moonie and Rell weren't sure if that's what triggered it or not, but that's where it all started to fall apart.
The Rick that they knew ended up falling away to show his true colors. He was a selfish man, who held nothing but disdain for Rell. Scuffles would happen all the time between those two, leaving Moonie and Fay right in the middle. It soon became clear to Moonie that Rick only saw Rell and Moonie as slaves. He provided housing, so the kids were to clean and do work for Rick, while he sat around on his behind. So much for a happy life again.
Eventually Rell went off and joined the navy, leaving the house to just Rick, Fay, and Moonie. This reduced the tension in the home by a whole hell of a lot, but Moonie still hated Rick. Fay's health had begun to fade exponentially under her autoimmune disease. From here, the rest of her life would be drenched in pain and weakness. Moonie had to pick up the slack around the house, because he knew for a fact that Rick wasn't going to lift a finger to help.
Moonie's life might seem tragic at this point, but it never really bothered him too much. He was able to brush most of everything aside and stay positive. Everything became amazing for him in fact when he met Sydney. She and Moonie ended up dating for two years and loved each other dearly. They were truly some of the best times of his life. Sadly, they ended as soon as his mutation began to manifest.
It was a regular school day in school when his powers manifested. At age 13, Moonie had been sitting around in his government class when he began to yawn and stretch out. He'd just gotten out of gym class, and so he was a little tired. Moonie's arms began to stretch further than they should have, and before Moonie noticed what was going on, his arms put holes in the soft ceiling and blew one of the light fixtures in the classroom. This was the first manifestation of Moonie's mutation.
It didn't take long before representatives were at the Hayes's door. The few years after that went by in a blur, as Moonie sank into a depression due to the drastic change in his lifestyle. Moonie spent a lot of his first months at Hammel in a daze, trying out different doctors and different treatments for his depression.
Hammel was all around good for Moonie, not only helping him gain control over his mutation, but gaining proper skills for living a normal life in society. He made friends while he was there, and connected with many of the teachers, always listening to what they'd tell them, even if he didn't always take their advice. Some lessons are best learned the hard way. Thankfully, Hammel was a giant safety net for him if things went sideways. Graduating took a bit longer than expected, as depression took its toll on his schoolwork and attendance. 6 years was a lot longer than the expected 4 years, but at 20, he managed to earn his diploma.
Eventually, Moonie was drawn to the solace of music and medical cannabis which helped him gain a foothold on his mental health. He quickly procured himself a job at Attitude City after graduation, a local music store, and a medical marijuana card. Pulled out of his usual depressed and lethargic self, Moonie finally decided to try and become more active in the community around him. What's the point of living life if you can't make connections and enjoy it?
Player Information
Name: Drastic
Age: 22
Player Pronouns: He/Him
How Did You Find Us? Proboards Support originally
Other Characters: Alaska Baker
