Description

His personality tends to flow into his clothing. He is always well groomed, looking like he belongs with a camera and a model rather than behind a computer or on the front lines. Years as a man hiding who he really was, answering the beck and call of the CIA, forced him to appreciate looking like a harmless citizen. He isn't much of a large gun man, he likes to stick to his Glock. (See equipment for more details.) He maintains a nice bit of scruff around his face; if he needs to do something that requires him to look very professional, he'll cut it off in a second. Most of his clothing may seem to be there only for looks, but they're all fully functional in any situation he feels he will be tackling that day. All of his shoes are run-ready, all of his pants can hide weapons, and all of his shirts are weather-ready.

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Personality

How do you describe a spy's personality? There is a real Ben Gracen, buried somewhere deep beneath the other personae he's donned on throughout the years, stacked and piled on top of one another until he can't even distinguish the truth from fiction anymore. Maybe that's what makes him a good spy--emotions can't get in the way when you don't know when you're feeling it or faking it. He is so young, recruited a little too early and thrust into the world of hiding and killing. From the beginning he knew this would mean life, whether as the CIA's bitch, or under the foot of Interpol, maybe even--god forbid--the FBI. He hides his fears beneath arrogance and a nonchalant attitude towards everything. But just because he's smiling and laughing doesn't mean he's afraid. No one can really know what he's thinking because he hides all of it behind a thick wall of training and acting. No one breaches his wall and no one squirms their way under his skin and notices. He will slap on a huge grin, even if he's dying. He knows how important the ability to look in control is, and he utilizes that. As far as love interests go, he's not one for long term romance, but he's been around.

Equipment

Glock 17 Gen4
Watch
Cellphone (Blackberry, CIA issue)

History

Born in Lawrence, Kansas to Jim and Lauren Gracen, Ben grew up an only child in a small town. 1987. He was a child of the nineties, learning and growing with the technology of his time. When he finished high school in 2006 he was too poor to go to college and his grades didn't reflect his real brain power. He wanted a degree in computers, so he signed up with the army. Instead of being shipped off to college to learn, the CIA came to visit. His entrance exams showed that he would do well with them, and they seduced him with ideas of being in recon, the glamorous life of an agent. The first four years he spent in a dimly lit room with his mentor and best friend, Zachariah. Ben learned how to work computers and their subsequent networks, but more than that, he learned how to use that. The CIA sent him to acting classes, taught him body language. He speaks four languages other than English fluently (German, French, Spanish, Russian) and he can pick out words in a dozen other. His combat classes were less than satisfactory, with his mastery of hand-to-hand combat taking the length of his entire stay with the CIA (and he's still not very good at it). He can shoot a gun, but that doesn't mean he'll always hit his exact target, so he often shoots more than necessary. He can't shoot a rifle to save his life and anything bigger than his Glock scares the living hell out of him.

He was bred as a grifter, a face man to get others into a situation or get himself to a computer. While he spent most of his time behind a desk in his office, he also did field missions. The CIA supplied him with a multitude of identities, most of which he still has access too. Because of his time as a spy he made a lot of connections, but most of them were odd, offbeat people that weren't all that reliable. (But they were good at what ever they did.) His most valuable asset remains his hacking abilities. There is one dark smudge: a rumor that he once sold out his partner and killed his mentor, Zachariah. No one has been able to prove this.