|*| Essence of Touch |*|
"When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes."
- Barbara Sher.
|| Given Name ||
Felix Jay Stone.
|| Nickname(s) ||
Jay | To family and close friends.
Weasel | To pretty much everyone else.
|| Age ||
Eighteen.
|| Birthday ||
April 18th.
|| Gender ||
Male.
|| Sexuality ||
Heterosexual.
|| Scent ||
Cinnamon.
|| Nationality ||
British.
|| Accent ||
British.
|| Voice ||
Low, soft and almost always quiet.
|| Social Class ||
Middle.
|| Occupation ||
Student, part-time volunteer on a farm which was partly converted into a kennel & cattery.
|| Reputation ||
As his most common nickname likely suggests, Felix isn't one of the most well-liked students in his school, simply for the fact that he doesn't have much of a backbone and allows people to walk all over him instead of standing up for himself. He's the sort of kid you steal things from and push down in the hall.
|| Place of Residence ||
Felix lives in a large, albeit quiet town. His home, although relatively small, is well-kept and rather beautiful.
|| Face Claim ||
Shu Ouma.
|| Theme Song(s) ||
Civilian - "Wye Oak"
Fink - "Warm Shadow"
|| Likes ||
Animals | Felix has always had a natural affinity with animals that he has never really been able to explain. He often times prefers their company to other people as he feels that animals don't judge him for his flaws and would never readily do anything to harm him merely out of spite.
Romantic Fiction | Thereâs always been something about romance and clichÊs that made Felix smile. Like the smell of vanilla, he believes that this interest stems from his motherâs love of romance and how he loved listening to her many stories.
Vanilla | More the smell than the flavor. It reminds him of his mother in the sense that she wore vanilla-scented perfume all the time.
Chocolate Cake | Who doesnât love a bit of chocolate cake every now and then? Cake is one of the very few ways in which a person can instantly win him over.
|| Dislikes ||
Salty Tastes | This covers pretty much any salty food, from salted crisps to foods that are merely covered in salt. Itâs just not a very pleasant taste.
Animal Abuse | Felix loves animals more than anything in the entire world, and so the idea that a person would ever harm one is enough to anger Felix beyond belief. He sees the abusers as nothing more than scum.
Facial/body Hair | Felix can somewhat make his peace with facial hair but still does not like it. Body hair, on the other hand, is something that he will never be able to understand. He cannot even stand to look at chest or armpit hair. Any signs of such hair growing on his own body will be immediately removed. Again, he can partly make his peace with arm and leg hair.
Loud, Unnecessary Sounds | He jumps at loud, unexpected sounds and grows increasingly more irritable when music is played too loud or if someone raises their voice to an unnecessary volume.
|| Habits/Mannerisms ||
Biting Nails | This habit comes mainly from his nerves. When feeling anxious or irritated, he will chew on his fingernails. Depending on the severity of the situation, he can chew for long periods of time or short. He has been known to chew to the point where he ends up biting into skin and drawing blood.
Pacing | Again, this is another habit that stems from overflowing nerves. He will mainly pace in order to come up with a solution to a problem and will continue to pace until a solution has either been given to him or he has thought of one himself.
Shaking Legs | Most of the time, Felix is not even aware that heâs doing it, but he will shake his leg continuously out of pure habit. Itâs not out of nerves or anything like that, merely out of boredom.
|| Fears ||
Moths and Butterflies | Felix has never really been able to give a rational explanation for his fear of winged insects, more specifically moths and butterflies (but mostly moths). The mere sight of one of them alone is enough to send him into hiding; it's almost unusual how he can abandon any sense of awareness for his surroundings and flail, cry and/or run (depending on how close or large it is).
Confrontation | As his personality certainly suggests, confrontation is something that Felix will try to completely avoid, if at all possible. It's mainly because he cannot stick up for himself and will visibly crumble under the pressure of such situations.
Deep Water | This does not include swimming pools, unless he's completely alone in one, and focuses instead on oceans. It's a mixture of his fear of not knowing what's at the bottom but also the idea that there's so much space surrounding him and, no matter how far he swims, he won't find land. It's because of this overwhelming fear that he cannot go on boats or even stand on a beach pier.
|| Personality ||
|| Submissive ||
This trait has been very slowly introduced and adopted into Felix's personality upon entering high school. It was planted into him on his very first day, when he realised that things weren't nearly as simple as they were in middle school, and it then slowly festered like an infection in a cut or wound. Over the years, his confidence seems to have diminished considerably, leaving him as a scared child with a pathetic excuse for a backbone. He lives in constant fear of the students who constantly put him down. To say that he allows others to walk all over him would be an understatement; he has an incredibly hard time saying "no" to people or speaking his mind, and finds it easier just to nod and smile where appropriate. He cannot find the strength in him to fight back against others and will back away from confrontation as much as humanly possible. If he finds himself being confronted, he often won't even make eye contact or speak above a hushed voice.
|| Withdrawn ||
Felix keeps to himself, at the best of times. Due to his untrusting nature, he finds it easier merely to isolate himself from others in order to prevent having to speak to them. His current friends, however, were earned over time as he's not the sort to instantly get along with anyone. Felix spends most of his free time alone, and will only be in situations with other people when he's at school or invited out by his friends. In a weird way, he prefers to be alone. It's easier. And even when he is around others, he doesn't speak up much.
|| Untrusting ||
His years of high school have ruined any opportunities he may have had of putting trust in others, even his friends. He lives in constant fear that he is not able to share personal stories or opinions with others because they may judge him and laugh at him for it. He can't trust others to keep things to themselves and, as such, is worried that something he says or does will be turned into a game of Chinese Whispers and rumours will be started. Felix is also untrusting of others mainly because he can't always tell what they're thinking and knows humans enough to figure out that some of them may be saying one thing but thinking another, and that scares him; he can't be sure whether they're criticising or judging him. It takes a hell of a lot for Felix to even consider trusting another person.
|| Friendly ||
Despite everything, Felix is an incredibly friendly guy, once of course a person has gotten past his innate shy and submissive nature. He is not mean, rude or judgemental mainly because he understands what it's like to be on the receiving end of it and does not wish to cause any hurt. His mother would always say to "treat others how you'd like to be treated", and as much as Felix might not disagree with this statement after all he's been through, he still follows this saying to the letter. He tries his hardest to respect and understand others, and is always polite even if he feels he's being insulted. He would much rather not saying anything at all than say something harsh or hurtful. Even if he desperately wanted to, he'd never have the confidence.
|| Caring ||
This trait only really applies to his younger sister. Unlike his father, Felix and Stephen not hate Jamie for what happened to their mother. Felix is particularly caring of his sister and would give her the world if it made her happy, though he is often unable to protect her in public which became a real problem when Stephen left home. She's one of the only few people that he feels comfortable around and can talk to with some confidence. Around his friends, on the other hand, he can act in a similar way though much more subtly.
|| Creative ||
Because Felix spends most of his time in his own company, Felix has had a while to focus his attention on a variety of different crafts and other creative tasks. For a while, he had interests in building model aircrafts and painting clay figures, but his interests then moved to larger things like self-made booby traps for his room and odd contraptions with no particular purpose which would then be thrown into a pile in the corner of his room. His creative nature stretches to unbelievable levels, but also focus on those more relevant to his everyday life. He has a love for fixing broken things (mainly computers). He uses this aspect of his personality in order to easily solve problems and generally just help his friends out when they need it.
All attributes are scored in a similar way to school grades. The highest being A, the lowest being E. Attributes with no score are marked U (ungraded).
|| Health ||
B
|| Will Power ||
D
|| Intelligence ||
B
|| Work Ethic ||
C
|| Cunning ||
B
|| Etiquette ||
B
|| Charisma ||
D
|| Popularity ||
U
|| Trustworthiness ||
C
|| Responsibility ||
C
|| Health ||
C
|| Fitness ||
C
|| Endurance ||
D
|| Strength ||
C
|| Speed ||
A
|| Agility ||
B
|| Flexibility ||
C
|| Sporting Ability ||
U
Powers/Abilities will updated throughout the various stages of the roleplay, as Felix discovers the capabilities of his powers and works to improve them.
|| Power ||
Starting off with the most basic of his powers, meaning the ones in which take minimal energy to be aware of but only a little bit more energy to focus on and control. Being the Essence of Touch means that he is sensitive to the vibrations through the ground that most, if not all, movements cause. Some are, of course, much easier to detect than others; for example, someone stomping on the ground would most definitely be easier to detect than someone who is stepping lightly and sneaking. Right now, while he is unaware of his abilities, he is only sensitive to vibrations within a few metres of his own location. The distance to which he can feel vibrations will lengthen depending on how much he practices this particular ability. When, of course, the time comes, he will be able to focus on certain movements and pick them out amongst others, whilst blocking out the rest. In a similar way to this, he is able to feel disturbances in the air around him. Again, this stretches only to around 2-3 metres around his own location. He can feel the air shifting around him and, as such, can predict the movements of others before they reach him. At this current stage of awareness, these disturbances feel like nothing more than the brush of a feather and are incredibly hard to detect.
Another relatively simple variation of his abilities is the fact that, with his heightened sense of touch, he can easily detect certain surfaces with a single touch. Upon discovering new surfaces (those which he has never touched before), he will trace his fingers over it and remember every detail of the texture. His memory when it comes to objects, people and surfaces is incredible as he can remember every little bump and crevice after only touching it once. And, when touching a particular surface, he is able to detect cracks or lumps that others wouldn't even be able to notice if they'd spent hours analysing and feeling around for them.
One of the most interesting abilities within his power is one that has no real offensive capabilities or even any defensive ones. It is also one of the powers that he will not yet discover until later on. The idea behind this power is that, with only a single touch, he is able to know the history behind any object, person or surface. He can see what it has been through and where it's been, and also if it has any significance behind it at all. This does not happen with every image he touches, as the information only really comes to him when he wants it to, when he concentrates hard enough. In a similar way, when he searches for the history behind an object, he can control how much of that history is visible to him and will only focus on information that is most relevant to him at the time.
Felix's final and practically only offensive power is one which he has yet to discover and develop. Being able to influence the sense of touch, he has to ability to influence the things that other people feel physically. There are two applications within this one ability. The first is to be able to induce an immense level of pain, whether it's a simple ache in a limb or a white-hot, searing pain. He can make people feel as if their temperature is much higher or lower than it actually is, from a burning fever to a teeth-chattering cold. The second is to be able to dull or completely diminish pain. He is able to regulate body temperatures or remove pain from a broken limb or a cut/wound. However, while he may be able to perform these powers on other people, he will not be able to perform these actions on himself without some major training and experimentation beforehand.
|| Strengths ||
Crafting | Due to his creativity, Felix is able to create and craft objects or traps, depending on which is needed for any given situation. He is also known to be able to repair things that are broken. This can be incredibly helpful at times.
Good Memory | Felix has always had a very good memory. He remembers details from his childhood that most would think completely impossible, like what sort of birthday cake he was given on his very first birthday or what shoes he wore to his first day of school, the first friend he ever made or the first kid that ever shoved him in the hall. You name it, and he can tell you about it in such a large amount of detail that you'd think he was making it all up.
Attack Prediction | It is quite hard to sneak up on Felix due to his abilities, meaning that he can sense an attack coming before it even happens and work to avoid it in the time he is given. Depending on his skill and training, he can either have a short amount of time to prepare or something more advanced like a few minutes.
|| Weaknessess ||
His Family | This is single-handedly the biggest of his weaknesses. His family are the most important people to him in the world, and since the loss of his mother and the fact that his brother moved out he has constantly feared losing another member. As such, he cares greatly about his younger sister and his father. He wouldn't know what to do if he lost either of them, and will do anything in order for them to remain safe.
Low Pain Threshold | With his heightened sense of touch, Felix feels a more intense sensation of pain when hurt than others might. One punch would be enough to rock his brain, and one minor laceration might cause enough pain for him to pass out. Accompanied with his desire to avoid fight, he cannot take much damage and any fight involving him would be entirely one-sided and over in minutes.
Animals | In a rather unusual way, animals can often be used to influence Felix's actions. Much like his own family, he hates the idea of an animal being hurt, and can often be manipulated by someone who is threatening to hurt an animal. More than anything, his own pup, Mouse, is among the highest of his priorities to protect. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he allowed someone or something to hurt Mouse, or any animal for that matter.
|| Current Employer ||
The man, whose name Felix constantly forgets, that owns the land (field) on which the farm/kennel & cattery is located.
|| Crush ||
None, as of yet.
|| Marital Status ||
Single.
|| Pet(s) ||
Felix owns a Samoyed puppy, by the name of Mouse.
|| Bianca Willis ||
TBA.
|| Quintin Reiner ||
TBA.
|| Gwendolyn Dimitriou ||
TBA.
|| Amu Ginny ||
TBA.
|| Xyon ||
Felix has yet to meet this person.
|| Svend, The Eternal One ||
TBA.
|| (The Hunter) ||
Felix has yet to meet this person.
|| Wardrobe ||
Felix's wardrobe consists mainly of baggy t-shirts and jeans, combined with Converse sneakers. He has a very casual style of clothing and it is no secret that he prefers comfort over style. He also sticks very closely to his chosen colour scheme.
|| Trinkets/Collections ||
Felix has been known to collect small Naruto figures, which he then places along his windowsill and bookshelves.
|| Accessories ||
Felix is not the type to wear accessories on his wrists or neck, but he might occasionally wear a cap or beanie if it's cold enough.
|| Funds/Wealth ||
As his home and decent upbringing might suggest, Felix's father is considerably wealthy. However, more so than any of the family members would like to show, as they are not the type to flaunt their money for all to see. Felix especially does not talk often about it as it makes him an easy target for the lower class students who would quite eagerly take anything they could find in his pockets. Personally, Felix is and will given an allowance of ÂŖ20 a week until he leaves home, which he puts straight into a money jar in his room and never leaves the house. As such, he almost never has money to spend on the things he wants.
|| Transportation ||
Felix has been relying solely on two modes of transportation since his father stopped wanting to drive him places and his brother moved out. One of which is a simple bike that he got for his 15th birthday, and the other is walking. Neither of which are ideal, but they're the only choices he has.
|| Prized Possession(s) ||
He only has one prized possession which, again, never leaves his room. It is a heart-shaped locket that his mother had given him the birthday before she died. Inside was a picture of Felix, Stephen and their parents together. He never wears it, instead it hangs from a nail in his bedroom wall.
|| Hair Colour ||
Chestnut brown.
|| Hair Style ||
Short (to neck), falling freely.
|| Eye Colour ||
Identical to his hair.
|| Skin Tone ||
Pale.
|| Complexion ||
Clear; free of spots and blemishes.
|| Body Type ||
Mesomorph.
|| Build ||
In contrast to his weak personality, his body is in excellent physical shape.
|| Height ||
5'6"
|| Birthmarks/Scars ||
He has a single birthmark on his left leg, in no particular shape. It is only a few shades darker than his original skin colour. At birth, it started off behind his knee but has since moved around to the side of the leg as his skin grew and stretched over the years. As for scars, his body is caked in them. Some are more visible than others but all are hidden behind thick layers of clothing. The only scar that he cannot hide is the deepest one on his body, located on his right cheek. It is relatively small but still highly noticeable.
|| Piercings ||
Felix has always wanted some form of body piercings, but is always scared to death by the idea that someone will rip them out at some point, which has prevented him from ever even trying it. He imagines that, when he is much older and free of school completely, he'll get some earrings and possibly a tongue bar.
|| Distinguishable Features ||
None, as of yet.
|| Grooming ||
Felix cares as much about hygiene and neatness as anyone else. He is not constantly concerned that he must look immaculate and will often wear comfortable clothing as opposed to good-looking outfits, but still refuses to let himself look dirty and scruffy.
|| Colour Scheme ||
Black | Blood Red | Grey.
|| Birthplace ||
London, England.
|| Parents ||
Felix's father, aged 50, is known for owning a few apartment buildings here and there, and is the family's only living parent.
His name is Jonathan, but all children in the family are required to call him "Sir", whereas all others would refer to him by his last name.
Felixâs mother was aged 30 when she died (10 years previous) during childbirth.
Her name was Alexis but most referred to her as Tigger due to her constant energy, and the kids would call her âMaâ.
|| Siblings ||
He has one older brother, aged 22, called Stephen.
And one younger sister, aged 10, called Jamie.
|| Upbringing ||
Ever since birth, Felix was raised with a decent set of ideals. His mother tried her best to make sure that her two sons were provided for and rarely ever shouted at them unless it was absolutely necessary. She was the sort of mother who didn't think anything was ever "wrong", and accepted that there were many different ways in which one might deal with a situation. Their father, however, was the complete opposite. He was rather stern as a whole and tried to enforce a strict set of rules that their mother would quickly shrug off. Sometimes Felix even wondered how they fell in love and got married when they never seemed to agree on anything, though they rarely ever argued, at least not in front of the children. Overall, Felix and his older brother lived a fairly average life. That was, until, his mother was pregnant with her third child and died during the birth. Their father seemed distant with the child at first and it was left mainly up to 8-year-old Felix and 12-year-old Stephen to feed, clean and play with the child. Felix was given the responsibility of naming her. It was until Jamie's 8th birthday that her father even bothered to speak to her. Since Stephen moved out a few years before, things have been tense at the home.
|| Education ||
Felix has been attending public school ever since he was old enough.
|| Grades ||
Despite everything, Felix's grades are actually pretty average. He's not too smart, but not dumb either.
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