DOYLE, Thomas

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THOMAS EDWARD DOYLE

T H E B A S I C S

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`` FULL NAME
Thomas Edward Doyle
`` NICKNAMES
Twitch


`` GENDER
Male
`` ORIENTATION
Homosexual
`` OCCUPATION
Philosophy Teacher
`` LANGUAGES
English


`` BIRTHPLACE
Denver, Colorado
`` BIRTHDAY
May 21
`` AGE
26


`` EYE COLOR
Soft brown, average, unremarkable.
`` HAIR COLOR
A shade lighter than his eyes, mousy, and kept buzzed short.
`` HEIGHT
5' 8", a bit shy of average
`` WEIGHT
140 pounds- too thin, but wiry, with a runner's build.
`` DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS
None
`` SCARS
Most of his body is heavily marked by scars, centered primarily on his torso but extending out along his arms and legs. His face is untouched except for a small cleft in his right eyebrow.  The inside of his elbows show clear track marks.
`` PIERCINGS
None
`` TATTOOS
None
`` FACE CLAIM
None


`` MEMBER GROUP
Gifted

T H E L O O K

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Twitch is really, at first glance, pretty average. His hair is mousy brown, kept buzzed short in cut reminiscent of military regulation. His eyes are a shade or two darker, framed by the beginning of lines that are equal parts lines of happiness and pain. His face is as unremarkable as the rest of him- squarish chin, middling cheekbones, a soft, expressive mouth. Almost boyish. A small scar splits one brow down the center. His ears appear just a touch too large, mostly due to the cut of his hair. The most notable thing is that his face borders on gaunt. He is unhealthily thin. The rest of his body follows suit to his face. His proportions are average, his height a touch on the short side. Heavily marked with scars, his clothing tends to be modest and unassuming, long sleeved shirts that cover most of the marks. He doesn't seem to take much care in his appearance beyond hygiene- a fashion statement he is not.

Despite being underweight there is a wiry strength to him. Some would say he has a cyclist's build with most of his strength lower in his body. He tends to hold himself a little awkwardly, as though he is trying to be invisible in a crowd. Habit often finds him holding his left arm close to his chest, to still the trembles. He has muscular spasms in his left arm and shoulder that occasionally are severe enough to seize the muscles in his chest and make it difficult for him to breathe.

There is always a thin chain around his neck, usually invisible beneath the collar of his shirt. From it hang a pair of dog tags.

T H E P A R T I C U L A R S

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Twitch is quiet. He's good at trying to be invisible, slipping under the radar. He tends not to actively reach out to engage people socially. However, this social reticence doesn't mean he's shy. When engaged he's a charming, genuine conversationalist. There's an easy candor to the way he speaks. A fairly terrible liar, Twitch usually avoids questions he doesn't want to answer rather than lying outright. There's a streak of optimism that runs through him that is often either refreshing or annoying, depending on the person. It's as though he never loses sight of the good in the world, no matter how bad things get. It's not something he's really aware of- it's just how he is.

Despite that fact that he generally avoids conflict and would rathed cede a point than rile someone up, Twitch enjoys intellectual conversation. He's happy to debate so long as things stay genial. When he gets passionately involved with something or- more often- in defense of others he shows a strong mulish streak. Stubborn doesn't really begin to cover it. He doesn't seem to have much of a temper, nor does he hold grudges. His memory is very good, especially for places. He has an innate sense of direction that is hard to confuse, no doubt tied into his gift for teleportation. His sense of humor is gentle, sometimes awkward, but never malicious.

Despite his distaste for physical conflict, when pressed to defend himself or others he is adept with knife and hands. His lack of strength works against him, but he has had several years to work to overcome it. He does not, generally, go about armed. He likes guns and was once proud of his aim but due to a worsening of his tremors that has fallen to the wayside.

Shame and fear are Twitch's constant companions. They lurk in the back of his mind, dog his footsteps, and manifest in his nightmares. His sleep is so plagued by nightmares that without a heavy sedative he cannot sleep for more than a few hours. He knows that his dependence on it is not healthy, but it's keeping him functioning and for now that's what matters.



`` FAVORABLE TO
Intellectual debate
Learning new things
Classic rock music

`` UNFAVORABLE TO
Long nights awake
Getting into fights
Anything that requires him to sit still for any length of time
Doctors/medical settings

`` ENJOYS
High Places
The feeling of falling
Reading (primarily history or science fiction)

`` AFRAID OF
Closed rooms with no open doors or windows
Being physically restrained
Physical intimacy

T H E H I S T O R Y

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Twitch was born to a rare kind of family- a Gifted one. His father was telekinetic and his mother telepathic. They were happy, for a time. Then when he was ten and his sister was 7, a care accident took both their parents. They went to their aunt, the only kin their parents kept in touch with. A negligent guardian at best, she never did wrong by them but she wasn't particularly interested in being their parent. Whatever ability she once had was long since disappeared beneath a sea of alcohol. So, Twitch (still going by Thomas at the time) and his little Sparrow took care of themselves.

Never really exceptional at anything, Twitch was a fair student. He did track in middle school and high school but was never a star athlete. He was generally well liked and good-natured, so even the teasing for his perpetual tremble didn't bother him much. It was in high school that he earned the nickname 'Twitch' for that very thing, from his favorite teacher. During that time, teleportation was as easy as breathing. For as long as he could remember he had used it- to save himself from falls, to escape people he didn't like, do get places he wasn't supposed to go. During his last year of high school he had made contact with a few other Gifted and they had formed a small group to try and help each other work with their various gifts. It was here he met a telekinetic who taught him that he could harness the basics of telekinesis, though his control was never fine.

Right out of highschool Twitch didn't really know what to do with himself. Then a recruiter came to him. He was a special recruiter from the military, specifically keeping tabs on young people with gifts like himself. He offered to give Twitch purpose. With nothing else going on in his life, he took it.

Twitch's military service was short. During his second year he was taken captive by Hunters and delivered to a gentleman he knew as Doctor Damian Chase. For the better part of the year, he learned intimately that the good doctor's goal was to develop a combination of drugs to block the ability of a gifted. He was eventually found, rescued, and received a medical discharge. He just turned 22 when he stepped back into life as a free civilian.

Somewhat at a loss for what to do, Twitch returned to the place that made him feel safe in it's routines and patterns. He went back to school, working as a bike courier to help pay for his living. A friend recommended him to a good therapist and he slowly began to heal. After graduation he found some small work at a community college but he wanted to go somewhere new. So he put out some applications and was genuinely surprised to be accepted for the Brookings position, given the school's reputation.

He hasn't seen his sister since he enlisted, though he has made some effort to try and reconnect. It's as if she's a ghost.



`` MOTHER
Claire Doyle [deceased]
`` FATHER
Edward Doyle [deceased]
`` SIBLINGS
Sarah "Sparrow" Doyle [unknown]
`` SIGNIFICANT OTHER
None
`` CHILDREN
None
`` OTHER
None

T H E A B I L I T I E S

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`` ABILITY/POWER
Teleportation: He can instantly move from one place to another that he has been to before, has a good description and map coordinates for.  His range was, at one time, in the miles.  It is much less now, though he does not now it's limits.
Telekinesis: He can move physical objects without touching them.  He is best with moving small objects but can use his telekinesis to shove and try to move things up to the size of a large man, though with great difficulty.

`` STRENGTHS
He can get places, move quickly, and can sometimes get out of situations where his normal strength isn't enough by clever use of telekinesis.
`` WEAKNESSES
Any teleportation causes negative effects from brief nausea to vomiting, migraines, and even unconsciousness in extreme situations. His telekinesis does not allow for fine control of objects (it is strongest when simply pushing or shoving objects). In times of high stress, he struggles to teleport through walls that he knows are there.

T H E R P ' E R

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`` PREFERRED NAME
Rien
`` TIMEZONE
Mountain Standard, no DLS
`` AGE
26
`` OTHER CHARACTERS None.... yet.

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