John H. Walker
Nov 7, 2014 23:20:15 GMT
Post by Johnny the Boy on Nov 7, 2014 23:20:15 GMT
Name: John H. Walker
Alias: Typically answers to Walker, and, for reasons likely related to some elaborate web of lies he's gotten himself into, he's known to a few locals in his neighborhood as "Francis".
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height: 5', 7"
Weight: 140lbs
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Birth Date: Nov. 22nd
Birth Place: On the side of a highway in the backseat of a broken-down Plymouth Valiant, just outside of Seattle, WA.
Western Horoscope: Scorpio
Skills/Talents: Prodigious liar and habitual voider of warranties. Has a knack with electronics. Obsessively studied Japanese, but unfortunately not enough to succeed in the computer and electrical engineering program that he relocated to the country for. Current prominent skills involve constructing simple bill-slot-spoofing devices for ripping off vending machines for free beer and salvaging parts from consumer electronics for his assorted tinkering projects. Supplements his income as a coder for mobile application development.
Personality: Growing up exposed to countless scenes and stories in television and books of a young hero suddenly being thrown into a wild adventure shaped much of Walker's early views of the world. In school, he was prone to simply ignoring what he considered to be pointless drama, since he held a vague belief that he too would be whisked away on some great journey. As the years progressed, he grew somewhat embittered by the profound lack of wild adventures or mysteries, and soon grew cynical, sarcastic and infinitely wary of anything promising fulfillment.
Despite being a generally warm and observant child, he's known in his adult life for his bluntness, remorselessness, combativeness, and erratic behavior, as well as an unfortunate tendency to focus primarily on seemingly unimportant aspects of events. Unforeseen circumstances are typically met with either inexplicable, careless optimism or sarcasm and pettiness, regardless of the severity or urgency of the issue. Walker's tendency towards paranoia regarding the motives of others, surreal jokes and using pseudonyms for his own amusement (See "Francis" above) often results in a fairly solitary existence and very few (if any) romantic relationships to speak of. Many of his eccentricities start out as a means of amusement in lieu of companionship, but soon collapse into full-blown compulsions. Walker also exhibits a strange balance of obsessive tidiness and extreme disorder in his home. Tastefully-selected (but inexpensive) furniture appears thoughtfully laid out, but is also often covered in errant post-it notes, broken electronic components and empty take-out containers.
Appearance: Walker is pale with a somewhat gaunt build, but does a relatively good job of hiding it with his jacket. His dark brown hair is cut to such a short length that one would assume would mean it couldn't look messy, but it inevitably does. A steady habit of late nights has left many wondering if it's even possible for him to have anything other than dark circles under his brown eyes. The dark circles are often accompanied by a perpetual abundance of uneven stubble. Walker usually wears a pair of dark blue jeans, a pair of cheap black dress shoes, a cream-colored (often wrinkled and untucked) vertically-striped button-down shirt made of some sort of light fabric, and a dark gray fitted sport coat. The similarity of his garments from day-to-day lead some to suspect he may have simply purchased a number of his clothing items in bulk. More often than not, he'll be wearing a pair of earbuds that trail off into one of his jacket's many pockets. A pair of aviator sunglasses that are suspiciously far outside his budget are a constant companion outdoors, which is likely due to unfamiliarity with light that isn't emitted by a computer monitor.
Strangely, he seems to maintain a very good, if somewhat tense posture, with his shoulders pulled back and his chin held high. Walker exhibits a tendency to comfortably and confidently take up a sizable amount of personal space, which, when paired with his typically combative and sardonic nature, comes off as somewhat antagonistic.
Personal History: Named for John F. Kennedy, due to his date of birth aligning with the anniversary of the president's assassination. However, his parents seemed oblivious to the fact that they had also just named their youngest son after a famous brand of scotch whiskey. (Amusingly, Walker despises all scotch except for Cutty Sark, even though he describes it as being "like a liquid kick in the teeth".) Walker showed an interest in electronics and computers from a young age, despite his family's general ineptitude with technology. Although Walker grew up in a generally loving household with doting parents and a protective older brother, he maintained very few interpersonal relationships throughout childhood and high school, save for those forged online through technology hobbyist sites.
Throughout the years following his high school graduation, he hopped from one get-rich-quick scheme to another, before his parents eventually confronted him after catching him selling their kitchen appliances for start-up capital. After a long discussion, Walker ambitiously chose to relocate to Tokyo, in hopes of pursuing education in the field of computer engineering. However, upon discovering that subjects one can barely converse with others about in English tend to be harder when learned entirely in Japanese, he soon dropped out. Since then, Walker has maintained his primarily aimless lifestyle, funded mostly by taking on app development projects on freelancer websites and selling valuable salvaged electronics components. During his ample amounts of spare time, Walker is known for consistently causing trouble for the few friends he met during his very brief university career.
Contents of jacket pockets:
- A small black multitool roughly the size of a matchbox containing a set of pliers, a bottle opener and a few screwdrivers. Typically used for prying open electronics for salvage.
- The "Fat Man", a rather large black smartphone. Seems to be used primarily as a camera and an Mp3 player.
- A rectangular silver flask, which often resides in his back pocket. He never leaves the house without topping it up from a cheap bottle of Cutty Sark that lives in his desk drawer.
- A small, plain Zippo lighter. Despite not being a smoker, Walker carries it on his person for the quoted purposes of "a lot of attractive women in this country seem to smoke" and "distraction fires".
"look after" the parcel by shoving it in the cabinet under the sink and promptly forgetting about it. Eventually, the neighbor family eventually moved out of the building, and the box resides next to a bottle of dish detergent.
Partner’s Name: Rex, or as Walker occasionally refers to him, simply "the lizard".
Default Form: BlackAgumon
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral
Skills/Talents: Seems capable of (or at least keen on) eating a number of food items and assorted household objects without complaint. Walker has lost the contents of a mini-fridge, an original Playstation controller, three different sets of house keys, a television remote, an entire Hakko soldering station, and a sofa cushion
to Rex's culinary misadventures. May or may not comprehend spoken language, beyond general tone and anything accompanied by gesturing.
Personality: Rex seems to display very little, if any real intelligence beyond primal animal instinct. He does seem entranced by daytime variety TV shows and commercials, however. Rex also seems to express a sort of loyal fondness towards Walker, much like a very large and slow-moving duckling following its mother. Rex's dimwitted personality is why Walker chose to name him after a very large and endearingly stupid dog owned by a neighbor during his childhood. Given his mental likeness to a goldfish, Rex doesn't really listen to anything beyond vague commands in battle.
DIGIMON'S INITIAL EVOLUTION LINE
"Well, fine then, Thing-I-can-only-assume-is-some-kind-of-deformed-hamster, stay under the sofa. Sure. See if I care. No canned tuna for you."
Fresh: Botamon
Attribute: N/A
Family: Nightmare Soldiers
Type: Slime
Attacks:
Bubble Blow: A stream of distracting bubbles blown from the mouth. Described by Walker as "really weird" and "an annoying tendency".
Digivolves To: Koromon
"I liked you better when you didn't have teeth."
In-Training: Koromon
Attribute: Data
Family: Dragon's Roar
Type: Lesser
Attacks:
Bubble Blow: A stream of distracting bubbles blown from the mouth. Walker hoped Rex would have grown out of this by this point, as he finds it somewhat gross.
Pepper Flame: A small fireball accompanied by sparks. Dangerous only as a fire hazard and for anyone wearing polyester. Described by witnesses as "alarming".
Digivolves To: BlackAgumon
"I just wanted a quiet weekend. Now I'm saddled with a Godzilla movie reject with the mind of a gerbil."
Rookie: BlackAgumon
Attribute: Virus
Family: Dragon's Roar
Type: Reptile
Attacks:
Rex is typically a bit unintentionally destructive as-is, what with being a large lizard with the brain of a goldfish. His typical response is to gnaw on things he can't identify or take a slow, clumsy swipe at them. However, he seems capable of at least two actual techniques in a pinch.
Pepper Breath: Spits an uncoordinated fireball at opponents.
Mach Jab Combo: A volley of jabs from his claws at high speed.
Digivolves To: DarkTyrannomon
"Oh, hooray. He's like someone made a pickup truck out of teeth and meat, then gave it a personality disorder."
Champion: DarkTyrannomon
Attribute: Virus
Family: Dragon's Roar
Type: Dinosaur
Attacks:
Iron Tail: A swing from his tail is destructive enough when Rex just isn't paying attention. When he is, it has the effect of swinging a telephone pole at an opponent. Not very fast, but made up for in weight.
Slash Claw: A lunging slash with his large claws. A brutal attack, but this tends to leave his flanks exposed.
Wild Buster: A thick skull becomes a battering ram when it's propelled forwards by a couple tons of angry dinosaur. Despite using his head to ram enemies, this doesn't seem to daze Rex as much as one might assume it would. As such, running around and headbutting things has become something of a core strategy for Rex.
Fire blast: Rex releases an intense fireball that's more akin to a small explosion from his mouth. Tends to be hazardous to anyone standing adjacent to him, so it's best to back up a bit.
Digivolves To: None. Rex appears permanently incapable of evolving any further than his Champion stage. Walker isn't concerned, since Rex is hard enough to keep under control even in his Rookie stage.