Description:
Al stands at six foot two inchs tall...normally. The only real constant of Al is his coat. His heavy , buttoned up coat. The collar on it is just high enough to cover where his mouth and nose would be. He wears pants tho he changes them often , prefering dress pants usually pin striped. As for his body...well thats a whole different manner. Als mutation started young , his viens were darker then normal , nothing to big. Then his pupils turned solid white. Then his skin darkened , then he started losing shape....Then when he turned fifteen he finished changing. Al is now a mobile shadow. His eyes constantly leak white streams of 'plasma' and his body for the most part is little more then black groupings of smoke. Tho he tends to keep his normal shape most of the times he can be caught floating down hall ways half mindedly (Most assume he sleep walks) and if you happen to pass through him his shadows will move and shift to take on a form closer to that of the person that did so. Given Als powers he can also take on the form of other shadows. Making him a excellent pick for hide and seek.
Name:
Poltergeist
Civilian name:
"Al...just Al."
Age:
"Twenty."
Occupation:
"I...Guess student? I go to the school."
Alliance:
"Ah. I'm a good guy , don't worry."
Personality:
Al is mostly normal. Alot of his personality isin't readily readable (side effect to having a shadow for a face and no real distinguishable facial structure) but his voice does give him away. He enjoys joking , talking with friends and has a incredibly fondness for pranks. Al does tend to flock more towards smaller , scrawnier people then other bulky , muscular types. Al can for the most part be found roaming the school , less of a student and more of a school ghost story at this point. Given his powers Al finds it very difficult to interact with pen and paper so most of his school work is done in person with a teacher. On rainy days Al can always be found if one of the kitchens , usually stuck in some small shadow somewhere away from sight , it is unknown to date why he does this. Al also tends to steal food. Small things , chips , bread crusts , jelly beans. No one has ever really seen him eat tho.
Powers and Abilities:
Al is a living shadow. As such he has alot of abilitys focused on that particular aspect. Such as him being able to float off the ground or pass from one shadow to another. The downside being that Al finds it incredibly hard to interact with the world in a normal way , usually having to find a more complicated way to do simple tasks.
Shadow walk:
Entering one shadow and leaving another with in a given range. Mostly Al uses this this to avoid trying to open doors or to just dissapear through walls. This is also how he hides when he needs to , sticking in to one shadow and then staying there. If one can pin down what shadow Al is doing they could still hit him tho.
Shadow Haunting:
With Als body almost formless it is near impossible for him to grab or move things in a normal or conventional way. As such he instead can move the shadows around him , which in turn moves the items. Al can do this to innanimate objects around him only adding to his ghost like story and while it is possible for him to do it to a person he is no where near good enough to make it count for anything yet.
Shadow shaper:
Al can ;to a point; change the shape of his own body to resemble other things. Wings , more eyes , bladed arms or unnatural body movements can all be done because of this. However turning his body solid enough to interact with others is a difficult process and not one Al can do for long less he wears himself out very quickly.
Shadow morph:
When a person pass's through Al (usually during one of his sleep walking trips) Al takes on that persons shape , tho his shadowy physique remains it does come in handy if he needs to change his voice or what clothes he is wearing.
Shadows Grace:
Als body , being as it is seems to lack internal organs or much in the way of solid mass. As such what would kill a human; bullets , knife wound to the heart , head cut off; would not kill Al. Not to say he is invincable , he still very much feels when things hit or strike him and given enough over all damage he can die. It's just a little more complicated then taking down a normal person.
History:
Al was born with black viens but as a otherwise healthy boy. When the doctors found out that the viens were caused by him being a mutant he was orphaned with out even being given a proper name. He would grow up in foster care and as he grew his body would change more and more and more tell all that left was a three dimensional shadow. Bullying became a problem (tho not much of one given his inebility to really get wounds.) and before he knew it Al found himself in the grace of a certain gifted school for youngsters. By sixteen Al was a student at the school for the gifted , by eighteen he had learned to re do simple tasks , move objects and pass through solid matter and now , at twenty he has become one of the schools ghost stories. Tho he doesn't mind it.
Other information:
Al is attracted to sour things. especially candy.
Has a soft spot for birds.
Tends to be seen floating around the halls at night and is believed to be the cause of many a ghostly tale by the students.
