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Colby Haskins

"Sorry, no autographs or flash photography, haha."

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a character in “Arcana Academy”, as played by throne

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Full Name: Colby Haskins | Wouldnā€™t have been my first choice, but itā€™s a pretty kickass secret identity if you ask yours truly
Nicknames: Colbs, Colbster, Mr. Fahrenheit,Redline | Okay, that last one hasnā€™t caught on as much as Iā€™d like, but one day the entire world is gonna know me by that name
Age: 18 | So legal it hurts
Birthdate: July 11th | Fuck yeah, Leos
Home Town: L.A. | And I wouldnā€™t have it any other way
Sexuality: Gay | Most people canā€™t tell, unless Iā€™m kissing a guy or something

School: Reppinā€™ Arcana Academy, baby | God, Iā€™m really white
Power: Superspeed | Oh, you want to know what itā€™s like to be a speedster? Aside from awesome, of course. Well, here's the sitch: I move really fast. Haha, jk, jk. I do though. But most people donā€™t get that thereā€™s more to it. I also react and perceive at superspeed, because if I couldnā€™t Iā€™d have killed myself running into a car or something years ago. It isnā€™t just land-speed either. I can do just about anything fa- haha, yeah, Iā€™ve never heard that one before. Wouldnā€™t you like to know? Even my brain goes at superspeed. No, that doesn't mean I'm super-smart or whatever, just my thoughts happen really fast. I guess someday I'll be able to mess up mind-readers, if I can figure it out? Anyway, limitations? Well, I can only go so fast, but I get faster every day. Right now my top speed is about 400 m.p.h., but I can only use that if I donā€™t have to do anything but make sure I donā€™t run into stuff, and even then, it wears me out pretty fast. Haha, get it? But yeah, my cruise speed is more like 150 m.p.h. Even if I could go faster, thatā€™s the fastest I can go without starting to hit tunnel-vision because of my speed. Oh, and my metabolism is like, insane. Itā€™s kind of a blessing and a curse, because I have to eat almost constantly, but then again, I get to eat almost constantly and still look like this. Oh yeah. Tight spaces suck. It can be hard to maneuver like I need to. Aside from getting faster, someday Iā€™ll probably be able to create like, twisters and stuff, just by running fast. And Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™ll be able to hit stuff really hard, thanks to some physics thing that I really donā€™t get. I probably canā€™t run backwards around the world and turn back time though. I know, I was pretty bummed when I found out too.

Likes: Himself ā™„ Sex ā™„ Good-Looking Guys Who Stay In Shape ā™„ Responsibility ā™„ Confidence ā™„ Queen (the band) ā™„ Food (particularly Asian Fusion, or any buffet) ā™„ Working Out ā™„ Sports ā™„ Battle Strategy Class ā™„ Power Control Class ā™„ Mr. Marinos ā™„ Acclaim ā™„ Karaoke ā™„ Sticking Up For The Little Guy ā™„ Helping People ā™„ Action Movies ā™„ Comic Books ā™„ Partying (but not too hard) ā™„ Being Superhuman
Dislikes: Cruelty ā˜  People Who Talk Very Slowly ā˜  Any Class Besides The Aforementioned ā˜  Being Called Dumb ā˜  Books Without Pictures ā˜  Guys Who Are Too Skinny ā˜  Guys Who Are Too Fat ā˜  Artsy Independent Films ā˜  Mr. Montgomery ā˜  Being In Confined Spaces ā˜  Stupid Rules/Laws ā˜  People Who Are Always Down On Themselves
Fears: This stays between us, right? Iā€™ve got an image to uphold. Well, Iā€™m terrified that I might one day wake up normal. No powers at all. I dream about it sometimes, and it freaks me out. Itā€™s like my version of the dream where you show up to class naked. I actually think showing up to class naked would rock. Oh, and Iā€™m kind of afraid of catching an STD. Iā€™m always crazy safe, but, I think about it a lot.

Personality: Some people say Iā€™m really self-absorbed, but letā€™s face it: if you were this awesome, youā€™d be absorbed by yourself too. But I donā€™t really think I am. I mean, yeah, Iā€™m kind of shallow when it comes to guys, and I spend a lot of time working out and making myself look good, and okay, fine, I can be kind of selfish, butā€¦ I do good stuff too. I help people any way I can. I stick up for the people who canā€™t do it themselves. If I were so self-absorbed, why would I do any of that?

Iā€™ve tried the dating thing and mostly been disappointed. Most guys just canā€™t really hold my interest when it gets to that level. I donā€™t think of sex as this big, heavy thing thatā€™s all emotional and junk. Itā€™s just fun, you know? Who doesnā€™t like having fun? I guess Iā€™m kind of a slut for saying this stuff, but fine. Iā€™m a slut. Whatever? There are way worse things to be.

So, this is something I usually keep to myself, butā€¦ I have a learning disability. I always have. I think it has something to do with my power, but, I have really bad short-term memory. I think it has something to do with my superspeed, because I just suck when it comes to learning stuff without going over it again and again. Only my really good friends and the Arcana teachers know this. Iā€™m really not that dumb. I mean, Iā€™m not some brain, but Iā€™m not dumb. With my speedreading, I can kind of keep up, but itā€™s still really hard to get information to stick in my brain. I can read a paragraph ten times before most people finish it the first, but it just doesnā€™t sink in. It makes me bad with names, and I lose stuff all the time, and I do that thing where you get up to like, go get some cereal, then halfway there you stop because you have no idea why you got up? Yeah.

Iā€™m actually a pretty happy guy. I love my life, my school, my friends. I love being gay, I love being a speedster. Iā€™m very proud of who I am, and it kills me to see people who arenā€™t. I always try to go out of my way to smile at people like that, and I absolutely hate when people pick on others, especially if they use their power, and even more especially if the other person doesnā€™t have a power to fight back with.

Iā€™m pretty excitable, haha, and I guess I have a pretty short attention span. I talk with my hands a lot, and really, I just like moving. I hate sitting still or being stuck in one place. That, along with my disability, is why I donā€™t like the normal-type classes. I like laughing and making jokes, even if Iā€™m the only one who laughs at them, because Iā€™m frigginā€™ hilarious. I think the words I hear the most are ā€œSlow down!ā€ I canā€™t help it sometimes, I love talking, I talk all the time, and sometimes I go too fast when I do and people have a hard time keeping up because my brain jumps all over the place and then theyā€™re like, ā€œwha?ā€, andā€¦ haha, you get the idea.

I guess I should probably talk about my goals, too. Iā€™m going to be a hero someday. Like, a real, honest-to-God one. Itā€™s the only thing I can see myself doing, and Iā€™m gonna be great at it. Iā€™m actually trying to figure out some designs for a Redline costume, but Iā€™m not gay enough to be good at that kind of thing.


History: My life was pretty awesome. I mean, I got to live in Los Angeles, for one. You know, the place kids from the Midwest run away to? Yeah, it was great. My mom and dad are these awesome reformed hippies. They run their own publishing company, so itā€™s probably a good thing Iā€™m super ā€˜cuz Iā€™d suck at that. We werenā€™t like crazy rich, but I always got what I wanted. Did I mention I was an only child? What do you mean, it shows?

The only place I had a hard time was school. I went to this really liberal private school, and once a day I had to meet with Dr. Hornberger (I still laugh when I think of his name), a cognitive therapist, because of my disability. It was kind of likeā€¦ I donā€™t know. A big deal? Kids who had to go to Dr. Hornberger were like the kids in special needs classes in public schools. People were always nice about it, but sometimes thatā€™s worse than being mean, if that makes sense.

I liked doing sports, like, all of them. My dad hated it because he was never any good at them, but I was, so I did them. I wound up finding out about my powers pretty early, like when I was eight. Mr. Marinos says it isnā€™t unusual for physical powers to develop early. But I was running home from school and I just took off, like, zoom. I wound up face-planting and rolling like thirty feet and had to get skin grafts because of how much I scraped off on the pavement. I was young enough that the first thing I did was tell my folks, and they kind ofā€¦ helped me figure stuff out. As best they could, I guess. Iā€™ve come a loooooong way since then.

So, do you remember a few years ago, when that crane fell over and that little girl was gonna be crushed but then all of a sudden she was across the street? Yeah, that was me. I was sitting outside a Starbucks when it happened, waiting forā€¦ uh, Iā€™ll get to that in a secondā€¦ And I just sprang into action. It was weird, like I wasnā€™t controlling myself. Like I had to save her. They were playing that footage on the news, the kind of blurry traffic cam shots. Thatā€™s how Mr. Marinos found me.

Oh yeah. I figured out I was gay pretty early too. Not gonna go into any details, but, I made pretty good use of the Internet, and I might have lied about my age a lot. It was never a big deal for me. My parents were cool with it, I was cool with it, so nothing else really mattered as far as that goes.

Iā€™ve been at Arcana forā€¦ I think almost four years now? Wow. Time flies, haha. It seems way shorter, but I still have so much to learn.

Anything else? Iā€™m pretty good in a throw-down, superspeed aside. I mean, I work out, I really get into the combat side of Battle Strategy, and I guess youā€™d say Iā€™m unpredictable? What else? Uhhhhhhhhā€¦ Iā€™m a pretty good singer? I love karaoke. Thatā€™s how I got my Mr. Fahrenheit nickname, because I nailed ā€œDonā€™t Stop Me Nowā€ once during this karaoke night we had.

So begins...

Colby Haskins's Story