Post by Armand Cartier on Jul 28, 2014 12:43:17 GMT -6
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[attr="class","appname"]Armand Cartier
[attr="class","appnameb"]aka "Smoke"
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Twenty-Two 5'11"/160lbs | GENDER Student - Sopohmore |
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[attr="class","appbold"]APPEARANCE:
- FACE CLAIM: Magi, Kassim - Armand Cartier
- Even toned chocolate skin, long obsidian dreadlocks, and shiny golden eyes. Armand is a spectacle of gorgeous masculine features. Which he actually ends up using to his advantage. He isn't clad in muscle or built like a hulking athlete but more lean cut and hardened. In some people's minds he seems "frail", or a "pretty boy" in nature but this is just a manipulative facade. Armand, although not required to, usually is always dressed in dark business attire. Wearing suits and button ups, along with collared polo shirts, one wouldn't actually know he wasn't from such an upbringing where this attire was common.Partly due to him referring to himself as "old" or "ahead of his time" he is almost always seen with a cigar between his lips.
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[attr="class","appbold"]PERSONALITY:
- Although he is very handsome in the eyes of most, he is a very unpleasant person to be around. He is rude, foul mouthed, and almost constantly smoking. He prefers to participate in leisurely activities such as eating and sleeping if he can help it. Only taking his manipulation studies seriously, and the occasional rant about philosophy and politics. Being his upbringing in a poverty stricken subdivision he has grew "rough around the edges". Having been incarcerated [and acquitted] for a murder trial, he is quite mysterious and seems somewhat of a trouble maker when compared to most. He is in no way an athlete and is very apathetic. He prefers to talk his way out of situations and is prone to lying as well. He is quite intelligent and analytic when it comes to most situations. Although he is reclusive, he is also very self sufficient and doesn't yearn for the company of others. His greatest personal strength and weakness stems from his inability to complain.
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He became wrapped up in selling drugs by the time he was sixteen or so, in an attempt to help his mother. His international connections made this easy, and his odd ability to make thick clouds of smoke to allow boats to travel in unnoticed gained him favor by older criminals of several different nationalities. This favor wasn't pointless, it gained him financial stability for himself and his mother, even more so the group he ran with. Money came with more than that, as more people noticed his wealth.
Being he was now able to afford expensive clothes, and that he didn't have a drivers license but was riding in foreign made cars. People began to plot on ways to take his wealth from him. At the age of seventeen, "Fimen" and later "Smoke" as he was called was ambushed by a group of older African American criminals. Some of which were near double his age. In a jealous act to reclaim their streets they were inside of his home with his mother at gunpoint.
Filling the small home with smog, a short gunfight ensued. Which led to Armand fatally shooting both of the men one time each. In the midst of which, his mother died from an accidental gunshot of one of his assailants. None the less, Armand was arrested with criminal charges filed against him for "criminal homocide", three times. He was in turn charged with the accidental murder of his mother due to complications in the investigation. Although he was seventeen and still in high school, he was tried as an adult and slandered, as the police stated it was a "drug deal gone bad". Blaming innocent Armand for his mother's death as well as his unwanted intruders, who the District Attorney claimed were his associates.
Three long years later, Armand was acquitted of all charges through a jury trial. His hair long, now flowing down his back. A grim expression on his face. Not allowed to finish high school, he obtained a general education degree while incarcerated. He seemed bitter while everyone else was happy he was home. He was released ten days before his twenty-first birthday. Recovering the last of his funds, Armand left "Little Haiti" and that region of the country for good as he would call it. Traveling to New York to stay with his great-aunt he found himself going down a straighter and more narrow path.
Applying to local colleges for the business administration programs led to him being approached by a more suiting venture. Upon discovery of his manipulation abilities, he was offered to attend VU. He accepted, and found way more than he bargained for. Although slightly bitter about his wrongful imprisonment and the death of his mother whom which he loved dearly he progressed with the manipulation of his powers.
As his first year went by, Armand noticed that he was able to bellow larger clouds of smoke, even lifting himself from the ground with them. He even became able to "poof" into a cloud of smoke himself. Allowing him to travel between intimate objects and even his new found sparring partners, whom which also possessed like powers. Continuing his education he progressed into the Sophomore class.
[attr="class","appbold"]HISTORY:
- Growing up an American born Haitian in "the wrong side of town" Armand was exposed to a rough life early on. His Mother was poor, his father dead, he was forced to look out for himself most of the time. He ran the streets with a group of children who were in the same predicament as himself, some of which were his cousins. Fighting against other children due to them being bullied for not speaking english well, or simply because they were poor and dressed like it. Eventually the group became a full blown 'street gang' and by the time he was twelve years old, Armand had accumulated a few criminal charges.
- Around this time, he also noticed an odd genetic ability he possessed. Upon his first time trying to smoke Marijuana, he noticed he could make the smoke do tricks. Most people wrote it off as common, or that he was high, but they were completely wrong. As years grew by, he studied his manipulation abilities by himself. Still managing to balance he and his group's criminal activities. Although they didn't commit murders, or attack and exploit the defenseless they were more often so patrolling the neighborhoods the immigrants lived in. Armand gained somewhat of star status in the area of Miami he and his family lived in.
He became wrapped up in selling drugs by the time he was sixteen or so, in an attempt to help his mother. His international connections made this easy, and his odd ability to make thick clouds of smoke to allow boats to travel in unnoticed gained him favor by older criminals of several different nationalities. This favor wasn't pointless, it gained him financial stability for himself and his mother, even more so the group he ran with. Money came with more than that, as more people noticed his wealth.
Being he was now able to afford expensive clothes, and that he didn't have a drivers license but was riding in foreign made cars. People began to plot on ways to take his wealth from him. At the age of seventeen, "Fimen" and later "Smoke" as he was called was ambushed by a group of older African American criminals. Some of which were near double his age. In a jealous act to reclaim their streets they were inside of his home with his mother at gunpoint.
Filling the small home with smog, a short gunfight ensued. Which led to Armand fatally shooting both of the men one time each. In the midst of which, his mother died from an accidental gunshot of one of his assailants. None the less, Armand was arrested with criminal charges filed against him for "criminal homocide", three times. He was in turn charged with the accidental murder of his mother due to complications in the investigation. Although he was seventeen and still in high school, he was tried as an adult and slandered, as the police stated it was a "drug deal gone bad". Blaming innocent Armand for his mother's death as well as his unwanted intruders, who the District Attorney claimed were his associates.
Three long years later, Armand was acquitted of all charges through a jury trial. His hair long, now flowing down his back. A grim expression on his face. Not allowed to finish high school, he obtained a general education degree while incarcerated. He seemed bitter while everyone else was happy he was home. He was released ten days before his twenty-first birthday. Recovering the last of his funds, Armand left "Little Haiti" and that region of the country for good as he would call it. Traveling to New York to stay with his great-aunt he found himself going down a straighter and more narrow path.
Applying to local colleges for the business administration programs led to him being approached by a more suiting venture. Upon discovery of his manipulation abilities, he was offered to attend VU. He accepted, and found way more than he bargained for. Although slightly bitter about his wrongful imprisonment and the death of his mother whom which he loved dearly he progressed with the manipulation of his powers.
As his first year went by, Armand noticed that he was able to bellow larger clouds of smoke, even lifting himself from the ground with them. He even became able to "poof" into a cloud of smoke himself. Allowing him to travel between intimate objects and even his new found sparring partners, whom which also possessed like powers. Continuing his education he progressed into the Sophomore class.
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[attr="class","appbold"]POWERS:
- PRIMARY POWER: Smoke Manipulation/Generation - Armand for many years has been gifted in the manipulation and generation of 'smoke'. In a general sense, he can manipulate already existing smoke in a subtle manner to hide his "extracurricular" activities. Or even create large clouds of it to cloak himself for an escape. Most of the time he bellows vapor from his mouth as generation, and uses his hands and fingertips to manipulate it. He's even been seen standing atop a cloud of thick smoke, suggesting some of this control can be done by his feet, although nowhere near as accurate as it happens to be with his hands. He has also allowed very small amounts to travel from his pores, which is usually only useful someone is attempting to restrain him as to cause discomfort in the event he can't open his mouth. He has also been noted to do this involuntarily when upset. Although it takes a little more energy, he is also able to travel using smoke as a platform for surfing. It's more of a 'jumping' act, propelling himself upward, or using smoke to ease his landing. Although with training he could turn it into full blown flying, he usually only glides or jumps about ten meters or so, and can actually break his fall from around the same height. He blows out a decent sized cloud, being about a meter or so towards the bottom of his feet, manipulating it with his arms and additionally legs to help him keep his balance. As long as he can maintain oxygen flow through breathing, he can usually create smoke as he pleases.Armand has also been noted to use smoke to cause health problems closely relating to death, or even use an amount to create mental illusions from lack of oxygen in someone's brain. Manipulating tendrils of hazardous smog to travel into the airways of his enemies and keep the bulk of it away from his allies. He's had close to twelve years of honing these skills on his own, resulting in him becoming quite adept in the manipulation of the substance. A common downside being his odor, he almost constantly smells of smoke, which he tries to constantly dilute with incense and smoking cigars. As of now, he is only able to create a smog like field of three hundred and sixty degrees around him in the length of ten meters. This doesn't seem like much, but given in a closed space or a group of enemies, it is quite difficult to deal with. It is most potent within three meters of his person, being it's thickest and most potent state. Strong currents of wind make it harder for him to use these abilities. If extremely winded or tired, he cannot perform these techniques, being the base of these techniques is formed from within his lungs or oxygen inside of his body.
- SECONDARY POWER: Intangibility - Although this is new to Armand, it seems to be a by-product of his ability to 'bend' smoke. Almost as if he himself becomes a cloud of smoke, Armand's genetic make-up becomes "untouchable", giving him the ability to travel through objects such as doors and walls. He himself actually transforms into a cloud of smoke, about the size of his current form and can freely maneuver between surfaces. He's even used it to travel through enemies both in attempts to escape and while fighting. This ability requires a little more concentration than manipulating smoke, being he's only discovered it in the last year or so. At the moment, he's only been able to become vapor for about sixty seconds at the longest. Yet after this, he appeared to be physically drained and couldn't perform the technique until resting for around twenty minutes. Being more useful in short burst like intervals of five seconds to travel quickly. In which he is forced to wait only sixty seconds before using it again. He usually uses smoke as a distraction or cover for him to focus on these tactics. Using these together have made Armand quite formidable in combat and in supplementary acts when in a group. He has truly embodied the flexibility of smoke in all aspects. Unlike other users of the technique, he cannot at this time project this ability on others, in example he cannot hold onto his companion and them both travel through a wall. Being that is form is completely converted to smoke, a correctly placed gust of wind could cause him to simply cease to exist.
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[attr="class","appbold"]OOC:
- OOC NAME: Taida
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