A Rift in Time... [SUDS}

[Death's Spook]

WIP

Name: Dr. Travis Levi Jackson, PhD

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Powers/Mutations:

Photokinesis: Travis is capable of generating and manipulating light of any wavelength in his line of sight. Theoretically, this can get quite powerful, but so far, Travis has only been able to glow and not much else. This seems to be some problem with Travis, however, not the power: he continuously feels like it's there, waiting to be tapped, but that he can't quite reach it.
Immunity to Radiation/Heat based effects: Light based and heat based attacks simply do not work on Travis. They will burn through his clothes without issue, but cannot actually harm him.

Affiliation (and Position): Task Force Affiliate, currently the world's leading expert on the physics of the rifts.

Appearance: Travis towers over most: at 2 meters high and a powerful build, he's not exactly difficult to spot. His skin is a deep black color, and his irises are darker still. His rounded face can make him look a bit cherubic, an effect which increases greatly when encountering a scientific project that enamors him: his eyes widen and his deep voice takes on an excited quality as he pursues the project, hoping to solve the mysteries involved.

Attire wise, Travis usually wears a pair of slacks and a button down shirt. However, given the more violent nature of his work recently, Travis is instead running about in a pair of jeans with a sweater on top. The sweater has a middle pocket where Travis holds onto pokeballs that he believes will see use shortly. The rest of his pokeballs go into a navy colored, waterproof bag on his head. This bag also contains both a cache of notebooks for his research and a large number of items like one would expect to pack for a pokemon journey that will go on for a long while. Attempts by other people to lift the bag usually result in comical amounts of toppling over.

Personality: Travis's curiosity is well known to everyone with even a tangential relationship to the good professor. He has a highly analytical brain and a child-like singlemindedness in pursuing whatever question is picking at his brain at the moment. He is of good humor and generally cheery, and despite his bulk, he is very disarming. In fact, it is quite easy to assume that between his bookish tendencies and his cherubic curiosity, he must be naive. This is a misconception, one that is usually only cleared (rather messily) when someone who holds it attempts to cross Dr. Jackson.

For in fact, Dr. Jackson is not only very book smart, but very good at maintaining political relationships as well. He has navigated academia for years, and while he is quite kind and always willing to help others, he is also very shrewd, and capable of using his kindness to his advantage. Furthermore, he is an excellent battler, with Pokemon who are trained both to utilize their physical strengths and tactical prowess in combat.

However, Travis's own intelligence and common sense can frequently be superseded by his curiosity. In the aims of pursuing an interesting question, Travis can put himself and others at risk. This probably played a significant role in his acquisition of his abilities, as he has a habit of approaching rifts just a bit too closely for strict safety. And while Travis is aware of this flaw in his psychology, it still has a tendency to allow him to do things far stupider than his native intelligence would otherwise imply.

History: 1-2 paragraphs on how they ended up here
Pokemon Team:

Feynman the Ferrothorn (M)

Feynman is the first Pokemon Travis ever had: a six year old Travis hatched Feynman from an egg that his mother's Magnezone found shortly after his mom died. Feynman, most of the time, is superbly and incredibly lazy, frequently advising others to "take a load off." However, push Feynman sufficiently, and he will remind you that Ferrothorn are ambush predators, willing and able to use every cheating tactic in the world to get the drop on a target. This becomes exponentially worse if he's actively angry: no one on the team has spoken of those rare occasions, but it's pretty clear that they've gotten freaked out by them.

Abyssinian the Starmie (-)

Abyssinian essentially serves as a surrogate parent for the team; frequently, Travis included. They are telepathic, and even without telepathy are very good at making themselves understood. They are extremely perceptive, and are supremely competent in the realm of psychic abilities as well. Notably, they despise being confined in a pokeball, and instead are usually carried around by Travis.

Jay the Tyranitar (M)

Jay is actually the pokemon officially registered as Travis's starter for a wide variety of technical legal reasons. Jay is easily the cheeriest member of the team, reveling in the here and now without much care for the future. While he's far from stupid, his preferred approach in a situation is either transparent friendliness or cheerfully hitting you, depending on whether you are a friend or foe.

Librarian the Talonflame (F)

The team's quiet will. Librarian lives up to her name by being very knowledgable and clever: she's even able to read (and write, if she has a way to physically do it). Usually, when she's around, she's up a tree, reading a book. However, if you hear a slight "thump" noise, flee for all the good it will do you: it means she's just closed her book, put it down, and is ready to inflict copious amounts of pain.

Lily the Garchomp (F)



North the Gengar (F)



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