ID: PP-036

Registered Name: Bart Jorge Ramirez (Nightquill)

Gender: Male

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 150

Age: 32

Physical Characteristics: Black hair, brown eyes and a stocky build indicative of not being fond of simple paper pushing office jobs. Though he wouldn't be considered exceedingly muscular. Several scars are hidden under his uniform that appear to have been earned from breaking up fights and living a very active lifestyle.

Behavioral Characteristics: Bart is sort of like the prison guard that will socialize with and crack jokes to inmates while being less likely to be shanked in the back when he isn't looking. He is not afraid to speak with anyone, human or inhuman alike. Preferring to lift up the mood in a room, he is not afraid to "ooze" out pleasantries. He would be the person to go to if someone were to be having a bad day. Or a subject is struggling and/or being unusually resistant. Most of the time he can be found chatting someone's ear off. Teasing aimed towards him only seems to cause temporary and mild agitation and tends to redirect or combat it with humor. The only time he will ever act serious is if someone is injured or their life is at risk.

Abnormalities: From his forehead and cheekbones, all the way down his back and tail, including the tops of his arms and sides of his legs, run many strong interlocking scales which look very similar to a pangolin and quill tips like that of a porcupine which mostly lay flat on his body. Bart can use these armored scales more defensively by curling himself up and using the tail to further protect his head and face. This armor weighs around 15-20 lbs. which accounts for why Bart weighs more than he looks. His fingernails and toenails are harder and take on slightly more claw-like characteristics but are not very sharp, he notes that: "I won't need to worry about getting another back scratcher." As another protective feature. These scales can be raised and lowered both reflexively and through conscious will. Raising them will cause the quills which are mostly hidden, tucked away underneath the scales, to protrude and appear to almost grow past the short scales by at least several inches. They work much like how quills normally would; detaching if someone or some thing decides to get too close with them splayed, and having sharp barbs to make them difficult to remove. One key hidden feature that has proven to be even more useful than the multiple layers of protection that it gives is the fact that the quills produce a sedative effect through a substance stored within the hollow center. Several quills can cause a mild to moderate sedating effect. While being hit with between ten or more will induce a much stronger reaction and can cause the recipient to lose consciousness similarly to how a tranquilizer would work. No long term side effects have been observed thus far.

Containment Protocol: With his entire back protected, he is however completely exposed over the frontal portion of his body. No more exposed than the average human. Regardless, his range of movement is greatly limited when his defenses are up with his scales raised and quills fully extended. Running would require that he temporarily expose his front before he can attempt to escape any dangerous situations. He isn't afraid to grapple with a subject and use his weight to pin them down but it is best if he were to remain as a support or backup for other guards rather than employing offensive measures. Quills and more importantly scales, can be shed and will grow back in a short amount of time. However if they are grabbed and somehow forcefully removed, will cause immediate pain and leave behind a small wound. Requiring a greater amount of time for the wound to heal and the scales and/or quills replace themselves. His clothes require some modification as he would otherwise poke holes in and tear up the back of the outfit fabric. Any guard uniforms that he is provided would have to be heavily tailored at the back and requiring several straps that can be pulled between the scales and quills to properly secure it.

Subject Overview: Bart grew up having to work for much of his life since he could remember. His family wasn't exceptionally poor. It was the expensive medical bills that were accumulated due to his mother's wavering health. He learned to adapt to the demanding jobs that he took through his humor, and developed a penchant for speaking openly with others since the only time he had to socialize was while he was working or at school. Though he would end up skipping school to try to take up odd jobs to help support his family. Due to his over willingness to take any job that he could get a hold of, he would often run into trouble. People have tried to rob him or back out on paying for any work that he had done for him. Somehow he would manage to talk his way out of it or survive the encounter with survivable injuries. Still, this did not deter him from taking those risks.

One day the job he decided to take was at a facility. He managed to find his way into becoming a test subject in the underground labs. His skin itched terribly. His head hurt and his back ached for days on end. Until small spines and scales eventually pierced through his skin and caused anything from clothes and blankets to just about anything else that could be snagged to stick to his arms and back like velcro. Once the changes finally began to settle, Bart also began to grow fascinated with the modifications. Coupled with steady meals and plenty of guards and doctors to converse with, he also became curious. Eventually he was allowed more freedoms and the facility personnel who weren't assigned to him would stop to talk to him when they passed by his cell or during their breaks.

However it wasn't until he happened to protect some of those very personnel from an escaped and very aggressive subject that he found his new found set of abilities to be best utilized for. He shyly admitted while nervously laughing that it sort of made him feel like a super hero. Eventually it was recognized that Mr. Ramirez had become very cooperative since his first arrival. And that several events proved that he was more than willing to aid with protecting the safety of both subjects and facility personnel equally. It wasn't much longer after that, that he was put on payroll. With the money going to his family despite him not being able to see them. And some of his freedom regained through working as a guard there.