Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 17:29:58 GMT -6
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[attr="class","appname"]matthew cross
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| THIRTY-FIVE 6'2"/150lbs | MALE FACULTY - DOCTOR |
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[attr="class","appbold"]PERSONALITY:
- upon first meeting matt (dr matthew cross or matthew cross MD, thank you), it's immediately apparent that he's not the most pleasant of men. around pretty much everyone, even authority figures, he's rude and abrasive, with no qualms about telling people what he thinks of them. it seems to be part and parcel of his impressive intellect - he's grown up knowing that at any one time, he is the smartest person in the room, and in fact he finds it difficult to interact with other people. for him there is very little that allows him connection with 'normal' people, and it is the root of his misanthropy. he seems largely annoyed by everything around him, and his aggressive nature and coarse language don't help things. in actual fact, he seems to prefer to make those he interacts with angry - if nothing else, they're marginally less boring that way. he has a reputation as being difficult to work with, but sees it as absolutely not his problem - in his work he is thorough and reliable, and if people take issue with comments on how badly they screw up then that's their problem. he's completely uninterested in any criticism directed at him, largely because they simply bounce off his ego - he's definitely confident enough to withstand it.
with those he knows well, it is perhaps a little different. while definitely cold and without much interest in or even empathy for the feelings of his colleagues, once you prove yourself 'not useless' to matt he becomes... no more pleasant, but slightly less unpleasant at least. his 'neutral' state is still defensive and places great emphasis on his negatives, and to really forge any sort of attachment one has to be almost ridiculously outgoing and willing to barge right past any objections he has. still, there is some reward to this - he's a loyal man, brave and unafraid to defend the things, people or ideals he believes in. this does unfortunately make him easily prejudiced against those who don't share his opinions, and generally those only marginally acquainted with him will think him a gigantic asshole. quite rightly, too.
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[attr="class","appbold"]HISTORY:
- matt is a native of seattle, washington, but has lived in new york for almost a decade - having moved shortly after completing his medical degree to do his internship and residency in cardiothoracic and trauma surgery at the prestigious bellvue hospital in manhattan - but never quite expected to end up working at vireximus until a few years ago. a minor mishap during a surgical procedure in which an intern caught him with a scalpel led to a more serious situation where the patient's blood pressure was suddenly erratic, and upon follow-up blood testing matt discovered at the age of 32 that he was, in fact, gifted. now there was a surprise. after looking into superhumans in more detail and finding enough to keep him interested, he applied for an emergency medicine position with the vireximus wellness center, and his stellar record during his career made him an excellent candidate. he doesn't plan to stay on for much longer than a year or so more before going back into surgery, but at the moment matt's fickle interests are satisfied.
- as far as lifestyle goes matt is probably going to be lucky to hit fifty - he is underweight, physically unfit, badly stressed most of the time, a smoker, and a drinker. the practical applications of his power in the field are basically massively outweighed by the impracticality of matt himself, and he is never, ever going to go into heroics. ever.
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[attr="class","appbold"]POWERS:
- PRIMARY POWER: enhanced intelligence: matt's primary power is one that he went basically his entire life using and not knowing - matt is incredibly intelligent, and has scored sky-high marks in almost every academic examination he's ever taken. his is a very cold, logical intellect, the sort that performs highly in IQ and SAT tests, and is very much founded in perfect visual recall. matt remembers everything he reads and sees, and can retrieve facts and figures with unerring accuracy.
- SECONDARY POWER: anaesthetic touch: it's maybe telling that matt's secondary ability is one he had no idea to activate before he was aware of it. initially it required direct, sustained skin-to-skin contact and both a heightened emotional state (frustration or anger) and intense concentration, but now he is able to exercise it with a touch and a thought. a form of biological manipulation, it blocks pain impulses from a localised area of the target's body, around a six-inch radius around the point of skin contact. it's only particularly useful in a clinical setting, because who wants to make their opponent impervious to pain?
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[attr="class","appbold"]OOC:
- OOC NAME: etoile
- HOW DID YOU FIND US? something witty here i'm so tired i'm so hungry send help and chocolate
- FACE CLAIM: [b]axis powers hetalia, sweden[/b] - [i]matthew cross[/i]
[attr="class","appcred"]MADE BY HABBUE
