Thomas Hurd

[Hoki]

Name: Thomas Hurd
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Age: 20
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Gender: Male
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Sexuality: Bisexual (Arguably tends to drift more towards males)
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Occupation:
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Unemployed (Wants to be a teacher or tutor, but no one needs one of those)
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Thin body, with dirty blonde hair and roundish-almond eyes framed by thick eyelashes. He bears no marks on the skin that you'd see normally, and straight white teeth.
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Height: 5'9"
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Weight: 154 lbs.
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Unusual Marks: Twisted, black burned scar on the left hip, curling across to the near base of the spine. There are also blackened scars as "evidence" to strain on his body.
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Augmentations:
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Eyes: Both eyes were replaced after he lost his sight due to a still unidentifiable disease. They have the capacity to see far distances in decent clarity or really close up, and project information either in front of him or within his own sight.
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Right Ear: What you'll find instead of a ear-shaped attachment is a sort of circular device protruding about half an inch off his head. Having lost his hearing on that side, it was his saving grace there. It can pick up incredibly quiet noises and can focus like no other. It also serves as an individual broadcasting channel for him and him alone, and helps transmit things in front of him rather than just solely in his own sight.
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Internal Chip: He practically has a mini computer in his head. It's not the most powerful thing in the world - if anything, it's just about average - but it is capable enough of receiving information from every mechanical part of his body, or receiving broadcasted signals on open channels, and relaying it to his eyes; ties in heavily with the ear.
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Right Arm: It's his means of self defense and offense. From the socket where his arm connects into his shoulder and down is this mechanical arm with bronze looking plating. It's not too heavy for his body, but it's heavy enough to withstand a few hits of its own; both given and received. There are two plates on his forearm that, when opened, reveal high powered rocket-like thrusters. When engaged, it sounds similar to a shotgun shot; a single thrust propels a powerful punch into whatever target he's aiming for without disconnecting.
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Legs: From the knee down (left) and hip down (right), Thomas' legs had been replaced in the similar style of the arm. Only difference is that they don't have that thundering thrust on the forearm. What they do have are thrusters in the sole of the feet for more simplistic (but brief) flights, and two panels along the Achilles' tendon that allow for faster (and even shorter) travel.
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Lung: Only one lung had been replaced, while the other is still fighting for its life. It has a higher capacity and is even more durable than any of his limbs.
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Personality: Thomas is known to be a helpful, loyal sort of person with a clever mind. While he's well aware of the sheer dangers of trusting or assisting certain types of people, after a bit of thought he sometimes goes through with it anyways. He's fairly innocent, really, and still believes in finding the good in everyone. People are important to him, family is important to him, and though it's sometimes hard to get him to put up a physical fight (which he can do without too much trouble), depending on the situation, he will gladly jump into the fray if he deems it right. He'll take every burden he can, every ounce of suffering and pain, if it makes the people close to him feel even a bit better. Everything he does is a product of his "moral decision".
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Or, put simply, his "Could I live with myself and have very little regret if I don't do this" decision.
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Quirks:
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When he's anxious, he'll tap against the closest surface to him with his fingers.
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When he's bored or in deep thought, the panels on his arm will open and close like little flaps.
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Likes/Dislikes:
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+Music
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+Family
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+Learning/Reading
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-Unnecessarily violent people
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-Rain
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-Surprises
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Vices/Virtues:
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-Uncertain
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-Not too useful intellectually or physically
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+Loyal
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+Tries hard
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-/+ Often selfless
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History: Thomas was born with a weak heart - how ironic is it that that's the one that's still fully human? But it had never really bothered him nor his family - consisting of a mother, a father, and a little sister - all that much. What was really the problem was the weakness of his body, which was often explained to him as a child but just never really stuck in his head; Thomas always assumed that there was something wrong with his immune system, or it was an issue with that weak heart of his. Nonetheless, his hearing in his right ear was the first to go. And it wasn't like the simple sort of loss, it was the painful type that continued to be painful AFTER it was gone. His parents, wanting to take care of him as best they could, got him his first augmentation.
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As his body kept giving up on him - first the ear, then the eyes, then the arm, which had practically died on his body at the age of 13, and eventually the legs a little later on - he never once considered himself sick. He wasn't dying, he wasn't doomed, he was just...unlucky. Sure. In fact, everything started to level out for him AND his heart; albeit his body was still weak and there was never really a day where you couldn't see his ribs, but he was happy. Thomas did well in school, and was often at the top of his class with a love for learning, and he thought he was going to be okay. Then came the Fall. His parents, they... They didn't want to reject him, but they had to. For the sake of their youngest daughter.
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Thomas continued growing and "learning" in Prague on his own, taking up crummy side jobs and whatever he could get to support him. But he never felt any real anger or hatred to the people that tossed away others like him; some had there reasons. Surely they did...
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Goal: Reestablish SOME kind of communications with his family
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//if it's shit I can fix it
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