MAREMOTO

QUOTE:

“Yes, I glow. Es estupido."

HEIGHT:

5' 4"

WEIGHT:

148 lbs.

EYE COLOR:

Blue

HAIR COLOR:

Brown

ETHNICITY:

Puerto Rican

BIRTHDATE:

Mar 8, 1994

AGE:

16

GENDER:

Male

APPEARANCE:

Standing only at 5’4” but weighing over 140 pounds, Paz has a stockier, or bulkier, build. He has a solid body composition- he definitely isn’t the most toned student at the school, but he isn’t out of shape either.

He keeps his hair neatly trimmed, as well as the rest of his body.

Paz has a classy sense of style, though usually reserves dressing up for evenings or special occasions. Day ware is usually just a T-shirt and shorts or jeans. There’s no one to impress throughout his classes, so why bother dressing up?

MODEL:

Kris Marmol

THEME SONG:

La Tortura by Shakira

WAIVER:

Anything NC-17. E-mail me with an idea.

EDUCATION:

GRD 10 - Sophmore

ROOM:

BD312

SCHOOL CLUB:

Swimming

SQUAD/TEAM:

Mavericks  -  

CHARACTER CONCEPT:

Boricuan Tsunami

ORIENTATION:

Straight

DEMEANOR:

Defender

NATURE:

Analyst

PERSONALITY:

Paz was always a confident person, but ever since the little incident at the swim meet, Paz has become somewhat more reserved exteriorly. Now he is somewhat quiet, not to engage others in conversation too quickly (which is partly because he is not entirely fluent in English) and avoids confrontation when he can. Because of this, people often mistake him as being shy though he’s not. Paz is sociable and friendly (and surprisingly funny); he just won’t be the first one to start talking.

His attention is one of defense in a fight and focus on the protection of his mates, not the offense, or the debilitation of his enemies. Because of his defensive disposition, Paz isn’t one for impulse actions. He will always think before acting, no matter what.

GOALS:

Become a marine biologist.

CLASSIFICATION:

EPSILON-PRIME - Ep3

POWER SOURCE:

Genetic Mutation

POWER RANK:

INC - 40

SKILL LEVEL:

Average human ability

APTITUDE:

Operate current technology: computers, electronics

WEALTH:

Unemployed, Social Security or allowance

ADVANTAGES:

ATHLETE: Paz is an exceptional swimmer, thanks to training and his power.

INSIGHT: Probably a side effect of being attune to ebbs and tides, Paz can recognize when something is out of place, or “not flowing right”. This also gives him a small amount of EMPATHY.

CREATIVE: Paz has an imaginative mind, which stems from the open-ended potential of his power. He is able to think out of the box.

LANGUAGES (Spanish): Paz's native tongue is Spanish, but he has learned English well enough in elementary school.

POWERS:

HYDROKENISIS: Paz has the ability to control the movement of water. However, his mind alone is not sufficient, and he must use body movements, specifically his limbs, to conduct the flow. The range of Paz’s hydrokensis varies as much as his imagination can, from creating simple water whips or spheres to flooding the field and causing waves.

Paz must be able to see the water in order to manipulate it, and his limbs must be free. Any sort of movement from his body can make the water move, however because of water’s characteristic to flow, staccato movements do not work well. Rather, the most effective means of control are wide, fluid motions of his arms and hands, in correlation to how water actually flows. Paz currently cannot control more than an olypmic size pool volume of water.

The usage of his power ranges as vast as his imagination. He can use his power to make himself swim faster, propel boats by causing continuous undulations beneath them, create waves, water whips, streams of water than can redirect projectiles, splash walls to slightly redirect or reduce the impact of a close combat physical attack, columns of water to act as shields or buffers, fast moving blades of water than can cut, and even mist.

When using his powers, Paz's nerves glow an aqua-blue color in correlation to which muscles are being electrically stimulated to produce motion. This is thought to be attributed to the need for Paz to move his body to move the water: a nervous extension of himself to the water. For instance, if he were using just his hands, the nerves for the muscles from his wrist to his fingers would pulse blue in correlation to the nerves firing in them. If it were his whole arm, the necessary nerves in his bicep, tricep, deltoids, etc. would all pulse blue.

Since the blue light is connected to his nerves firing, only when it reaches the end of the axon is it briefly visible because it travels from his brain down his spine to the muscle too quickly to be seen. However, if Paz were to maintain a continuous output of his power, eventually the whole nerve will pulse with the blue light.

When Paz activates his power, the nerves in his head emit a constant, dim, blue glow, as well as his eyes. This has been theorized to be the result of continuous brain activity in maintaining what is described as the nervous connection with the water.

The glow brightens or dims depending on the intensity of his performance. Paz himself has described the feeling as “moving another limb”. He has attested that thinking alone does nothing.

The blue light in his nerves is the manifestation of his biological mutation that allows him to move the water, however what that blue light is exactly is yet to be discovered.

DOWSING: Paz can feel the presence of nearby water. Currently, since this ability has not been trained yet, Paz can only detect water up to ten feet away, and only if he were focusing on doing so.

FIGHTING SKILLS:

FIGHTING SKILL (Underwater): Because he is surrounded by water, Paz can control the entire battlefield when he is underwater. His abilities include making whirlpools (trapping enemies), water pulses (similar to concussive shots of psychics), control of currents, and faster swimming.

FLUID DYNAMICS: Paz has a natural understanding about how fluids move because of his power.

ATHLETICS (Swimming): Paz is a star swimmer, winning several awards and trophies.

DANCE (Salsa): Not really a fighting skill, but a skill nonetheless. He can salsa pretty well, coming from Puerto Rico and all.

DISADVANTAGES:

SHORT: Paz’s only 5’4”. Both his dad and mom are below the average height, so there isn’t too much future in his growth.

LANGUAGE BARRIER: Paz is not entirely fluent in English, which can cause him to misunderstand directions.

NON-CONFRONTATIONAL: Paz really does not like arguing. He's horrible at it. And it doesn't help that he's not great at English. Paz avoids fights whenever he can.

UNIFORM:

A waterproof set of X-Men leathers with blue piping.

EQUIPMENT:

Aluminum water bottle he keeps full, just in case.

RESOURCES:

FE - Reduced circumstances, unemployed or Social Security benefit

TRANSPORTATION:

Walking.

RELATIVES:

Fernando Estrada - Father

Alisia Estrada - Mother

Luis Estrada - Brother

Sophia Estrada - Sister