Tok

If you can't beat'em...Become them.
Introduction xxxxxTok is a lil gremlin. They enjoy causing problems, playing pranks, and being a general nuisance to society as a whole. God has allowed them to live another day and they’re going to make that everyone else’s problem. They’re extremely twitchy, hyper, and are an adrenaline junky. Sometimes they steal cause they need it, more of the time they steal cause they want it, and most of the time they steal because they can’t fight the urge to. They have little disregard for boundaries, and WILL use you as a pillow if you seem comfortable enough. They are easily persuaded if you have a good enough deal, or something shiny enough. They SEEM generally unbothered by their situation, and are more interested in what cool new thing is ready for them next. They find comfort in other mutants, having had the opportunity to be around them for a lot of their life. They don't seem particularly bothered when humans make comments towards them. They are extremely easy to rile up, and you'll get them hissing and spitting. Pronouns: He/She/They (Genderfluid) Description xxxxxTok is 4’11”, has wild medium length hair, sharp teeth, long pointed ears, some short horns that poke out over their wild mess of hair. Their hair covers a lot of their eyes. Each of the fingers on their hands come to a sharp point. They sport some scars and stretch marks that cover their body. Their veins are extremely visible, like someone’s come and drawn over them with a marker. Their forehead has a high concentration of veins that’s mainly covered by their hair. The veins look like coiling lighting. Their face has a lot of acne. They have a long fluffy tail, about 3.5 feet in length that moves and behaves like a Binturong’s tail. Their eyes are dark with bright white irises. Their veins and eyes turn completely white and glow when they’re using their powers. Reputation xxxxxAt Xaviers, Tok might be known as the "kid who tried to live in the walls" before they agreed to enroll as a student. They'd be known to be...friendly, overly so. They're hyper, excitable, and ALWAYS ready to cause some trouble. What (if anything) might others have heard about your character? It's okay if this is 'nothing'. This can also be specific to their faction (maybe they're class clown at their school!) or specific to a niche field (maybe you'd have heard of them if you know a lot about particle physics or cross country skiing, but not otherwise!) History xxxxx click EXPAND to see BACKSTORY: Tok was born in Oklahoma, pointy ears, dark eyes, and lil fluffy tail all included. Tok’s parents, completely freaked out after giving birth to a mutant, contacted their friends who were mutants who also happened to be the owners of the Traveling Superhuman Circus. They agreed to take Tok in and raise them as their own. Tok grew up traveling all over the US, their merry band of mutants just barely sliding under the radar as circus performers, and only a few times needing to pack up early once an area began to pick up on the fact that “Superhuman” really meant Mutants. Tok trained to be a performer as well, their flexible limbs lending itself to contortionist acts and the like. Once their powers started to kick in, becoming The Magnificent Magician for their show! Their tricks involved all sorts of mind bending and hijinks, swapping two people’s hair-do’s being their most popular! Eventually, as mutant awareness began to grow, their performances became more tense, audience members interrupting performances and getting shut down certain nights for claims of “violations of permits”. What was once a way to slide under the radar became a target on their backs. During one of their shows, the police raided the tent and arrested each of the performers with claims of “illegally doing this!” And “illegally doing that!” And “tax fraud!”. The tax fraud was true but everything else was lies! In the chaos, Tok managed to slip away with the help of the crew, who were quickly locked up and taken away. Tok, 14 and completely alone, decided they were gonna break them all out in an incredible prison heist! Eventually! They just needed some cash first…And figure out where they were locked up. But most importantly, the PERFECT heist crew! Tok spent a couple years completely on their own, hitching rides, pickpocketing, breaking into places to get more information on where their troupe was, pickpocketing some more, and more traveling. Eventually, they tracked some of their circus troupe to a prison in New York, and heard about the high mutant population there. They made the decision and made a beeline for there. Once there, they learned about Freaktown and crashed there for a short while, before getting the hell outta dodge after the Freaktown Raids. They were offered a place at Xavier’s, but to quote Tok, “BLEGH! School is boring!” However, curiosity did get the better of them and upon further research of Xavier’s school…well…it did look pretty fancy. There HAD to be some cool things to steal! Maybe they’d just go check it out for a while! Maybe live in the walls, that can’t possibly go wrong! (It will. They will fail horribly.) Powers xxxxx click EXPAND to see POWERS: Swap! General idea: Tok can temporarily swap Attributes of People either between themselves and another person, or between two people! The attributes need to be consciously observed. Some examples include: Their consciousnesses (they’re gonna freaky Friday your ass), mutations*, physical looks. All swaps have a time limit of 1 hour, and can be cut short by Tok’s choice or if they were to go unconscious. Swapping Mutations: Tok cannot sense mutations, or figure out someone is a mutant in anyway. They can only swap the features of mutations they’ve observed. For example, if someone was telepathic, they wouldn’t be aware or able to swap the mutation until the telepath were to actively talk in their brain. Example 2: If someone were able to fly and control metal, and they observe someone fly, they would only be able to swap the ability to fly and not the ability to control the metal. TLDR: they don’t gain every aspect of the power that they don’t know, and are only able to swap the function they observed. Also, they don’t magically gain the knowledge of the mutations when swapped. Swapping mutations ALSO include physical mutations, but might manifest a bit differently in each person! Swapping mutations can include the outward physical aspects of a mutation as well, so someone with spikes can be swapped with someone without spikes, and VOILA! Spiked person is now spike-less and spike-less person now has spikes. (These mutations can potentially manifest a bit differently in each person, so maybe spiked person usually has green spikes, but when swapped onto usually spike-less person, they’re blue! This is up to player discretion and just allows people to have fun with it cosmetically, not meant to change the function of the mutation) Some extreme changes caused by swapping physical mutations could potentially cause scarring, or even leave some small residual evidence of the mutation (for example, maybe they’re left with a small patch of scales, etc). (Again, this is ENTIRELY up to player discretion.) The swap remains for 1 hour maximum, but can be cut short either by Tok’s choice or if they were to go unconscious. If Tok does swap mutations with someone else, Tok will lose the ability to cut the swap short and the other person will be able to instead. Either way, they will swap back after 1 hour. While swapping mutations between two other people, they would be specifically swapping the function(s) they observed from one person with the function(s) they observed from another person, while both still retain the OTHER functions of their power not swapped. This allows for some really interesting meshing of power that will likely break everyone’s brain OOC. They’re gonna Freaky Friday your ass: Uh oh! Time to learn the power of understanding what it’s like to be in someone else’s shoes!—or whatever that movie was about.Either way, Tok can swap consciousnesses with other people, or cause two people to swap consciousnesses. This lasts an hour unless ended early by Tok’s choice or if they were to go unconscious. OR if the person swapped consciousnesses with Tok and figured out how to cut it short. (Is consciousness observed? Now we’re getting into philosophy. Let’s just say yes cause it’s fun.) There could be an aspect of people potentially being able to mentally resist these swaps if we think that would be cool OOC. Negative effects: Each swap is extremely mentally draining, and each swap causes their vision to begin to blur, making it harder to see. Until they’ve rested their vision will remain blurry. Maybe every 2 swaps, their vision blurs a bit more, and after 12(?) swaps they’re essentially blinded until they sleep for a few hours. Their veins feel like they're burning after using their abilities in quick succession, and they probably also get a bit of a headache. Mechanics of it: Tok’s eyes and veins act as a conduit/bend in space that allow the things being swapped to bend through time and space to temporarily replace each other before the universe rights itself. Physical aspects: When swapping is happening, the veins on their body pulse and glow bright white along with their eyes. They have sharp teeth, long pointy ears, and some small horns. They’ve gained a few scars and stretch marks from swapping physical mutations with people in the past. They have a long fluffy tail, about 3.5 feet in length that moves and behaves like a Binturong’s tail. They can probably climb and balance really well because of their tail! They can also hiss and make funny lil cat noises. They’re not a cat but I think they deserve it. As a treat. Their fingers come to a sharp black point like claws. Some edge case rules: There’s probably some implications to this power I haven’t considered, so here are a few general rules. The Aspect has to be consciously observed through regular senses to be swapped. For example, they wouldn’t be able to swap personalities, but could POTENTIALLY swap the behaviors associated with that? This is something that would need to be discussed with the other players OOC. Injuries that can be healed with time would not be considered an attribute that can be swapped. However, more permanent things, like scars, could potentially be considered an attribute. Things like pain cannot be swapped since it’s not observable (you only really can see the reaction to the pain. If Tok were to be exposed to a power in which it made them physically feel someone else’s pain, that might THEN count as being able to be swapped!) If they observe someone demonstrate a skill, they could potentially swap that skill with a skill of their own? Maybe? However they don’t gain the Memory or Experience associated with that skill, they just gain the physical ability. For example, if someone is riding a bike on flat pavement, they could also ride a bike, but they would probably crash and burn if they came across difficult terrain that required experience to know how to traverse. If someone makes a painting of a flower, they could also make a painting of the same flower, but not make a painting of anything else. If they observe someone pick a lock, they’d only be able to pick THAT specific type of lock. Skills xxxxx Tok is extremely flexible. Can easily dislocate their arms/etc and fit into tiny spaces. If their head fits, they can get their body through. Really good at balancing and climbing, and can use their tail to help pull themselves around. Great pickpocket. Good at drawing attention to certain things. “Slippery”. Great at making quick escapes. Lock picking Stealthy! Good bodily awareness/good sense of proprioception that allows them to more easily adjust to new body shapes. Quick thinker. They lack some schooling, but they’re strategic and quick on their feet. Really good situational/observational awareness. Always on the lookout for things that can be swapped around. OOC Note: xxxxx Hi! So this character is sorta here to cause some Silly Hijinks! I as a player will never do swaps/etc with other characters unless the other player(s) have approved! I specifically made Tok to allow for some fun and interesting interactions! So if you ever want Tok to Cause Problems for your character please feel free to let me know! Connections Friends Coming soon. Foes Coming soon. And everything in between Coming soon. Trivia Random facts you think are worth knowing about your character. And more random facts! And more. Gallery [[Image:|x150px]] [[Image:|x150px]]	Tok Kairos Codename None Birthdate 02/01/2007 Birthplace Oklahoma Species Problem Child Affiliation None Alignment In Your Walls Powers Swapping Occupation Professional Nuisance Registration Status None RP Hooks Shiny New Mutation - Come swap your characters' powers for an hour! It'll be Fun! Surely nothing bad will happen. Need something stolen? - Their services are extremely cheap. In fact, they'll just do it for fun! Freaky Friday - Ever wish you could spend an hour in someone else's shoes? Professional Pranker - Need revenge? You know who to call.
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