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fire_punkUser Name/Nick: Ryl
User DW:jadaryl
AIM/IM: gilgaladiell@yahoo.co.uk
E-mail: gilgaladiell@yahoo.co.uk
Other Characters: none
Character Name: Kevin Prentiss
Series: Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series
Age: 16-17
From When?: Kevin will be coming from shortly before the end of Heat Stroke.
Inmate/Warden: Kevin is definitely an inmate. He has massive trust issues as is typical for abuse victims. People, in general, terrify him. He also tends to act without comprehending the consequences of his actions which is not surprising, given his age. Unfortunately, his powers make this a major problem. His self-esteem is almost nonexistent. Not only does he not see why he should help people, he doesn't believe he can. On top of everything else, his sense of right and wrong been badly skewed by living with his abusive and murderous stepmother. Working with a Warden would first of all give him the opportunity to have someone he could trust, who would consistently be there for him and treat him with normal, human decency while still imposing limits and holding him to a standard of behavior.
Abilities/Powers: pyrokinesis
Personality: In terms of behavior, Kevin has perfected the act of the tough, careless punk. Outwardly, he doesn't let anything case him. He's prone to picking fights and lashing out when he feels vulnerable. And don't bother suggesting that he help anyone because, as he puts it, they never helped him.
Underneath his tough, angry exterior, Kevin is a hurting, badly traumatized child. At one point, the vulnerability he displays is described as the cry of a child too young to understand what is being done to him or why he's being hurt. He's lonely, terrified, and confused. He doesn't trust anyone he can't control. He's a boy who has been sadistically raped for years but has never been hugged, never kissed, never shown any kind of affection. His self-esteem is virtually nonexistent. His one overarching motive is to get away from Yvette and to make sure no one will ever hurt him again.
Kevin has a fairly short attention span and the patience of a toddler. He constantly wants to be entertained. Preferably with a large screen TV, some action movies, and all the porn channels known to man.
He has killed before, once by accident and then at his stepmother's command. When called upon to kill, he waits, blending into the background until his victim is sufficiently distracted for him to make a blitz attack. And he does it without any outward sign of how he feels about it. That doesn't mean he likes killing people. He doesn't. It simply means he didn't have a choice and he won't apologize for what he had to do.
He buries his feelings as much as he can to avoid giving anyone that advantage over him. He'll pretend he doesn't care about anything or anyone because it's the only way he has to protect himself. It is difficult to get any real reactions out of him. Most of what you see of him, the mouthy, cocky, pain-in-your-ass teenager, is an act. This falls whenever he's enraged or scared.
He has very poor impulse control. If he thinks of something, he does it without thinking things through. He has little to no concept of the consequences of his actions, including with regards to himself. At this point, he entirely self-centered. He views the entire world as having abandoned him at best or out right abused him at worst.
He lashes out at almost everyone. When he's angry, this usually involves randomly kicking or punching the most convenient target like a young child throwing a tantrum. When he's scared, he becomes much more lethal. His attacks then are no longer aimless but deliberate attempts to kill the perceived threat before he can be hurt again.
On the rare occasion that he let's you see the real boy under the facade, the fear, and the rage, he acts like a little boy no more than around nine or ten. He's insecure, lonely, overwhelmed, and confused by the abuse he's received from his stepmother. The abuse has been so terrifying and confusing for him that, when asked, he can't even explain what's been done to him. He's been mostly isolated from the rest of the world and has no concept of how other people relate outside of what he's seen in movies. He wants protection. Despite his father's death being accidental, he expects punishment for it. He has no idea what to do with the guilt he feels over that so he tries to mostly pretend it doesn't exist. He also wants a friend but has no concept of how to gain a friend or how to be one. When given any form of physical affection, whether a hug or a chaste kiss, he doesn't know how to respond because it's so far out of his realm of experience. Chances are that, if he's receiving affection from a woman, he'll eventually grope her. He's also incredibly cling once he trusts someone. Cling in the sense of a small child with a security blanket.
It's fairly rare, but Kevin can be extremely vindictive. That side of him is reserved for his abusers and anyone who betrays his trust. The simple reasoning is that he wants them to suffer the way they made him suffer.
He wants power. Power to protect himself, power to keep other people away from him, power for he barely understands what anymore, just so long as he has it and is no longer helpless. If he finds out someone is dependent on him he tends to gloat. A lot of that is about the power. It's a rush for him. But underneath that, there is a tiny piece of him that recognizes that he wants to be more than some kid who kills people, more than a victim. Although at this point in his life, he'd deny it with his dying breath, he wants to help people like his powers are meant for. He couldn't tell you why. It's not even something he's consciously aware of. He certainly doesn't believe he can help anyone. But that part of him has not completely died yet.
There's also part of him that aches for someone to step into the role of a father. It's not something he's aware of at all but it's there and it makes him easier to manipulate. At least for a man. Even more so if he thinks he is the one in control.
Barge Reactions: Kevin will not react well to the Barge at first. Most likely, he'll interpret the Barge as solely a punishment rather than an opportunity. He will be lashing out in both fear and anger at pretty much everyone. As he begins to settle in, he will start to form tentative bonds with people he respects and a few people he finds that he actually likes. Fandom, genre, and character type won't matter to him much. Floods and breaches, however, will scare him, at least until he gets used to them happening. This will be true of some types of breaches more than others.
Path to Redemption: Kevin's primary triggers are comments about his appearance, especially along the lines of “you'd be handsome if you'd cut your hair.” They're too similar to things his stepmother used to say to him. Any kind of discipline will also likely be a trigger for him as he will probably perceive it as an attack. The biggest way to motivate him to change is to show him that he can help people, that he can change, and that there's a point to it other than not getting hurt. The best method I can think of to get through to him is to become the loving, patient parent he barely remembers having. Also, a man would probably have an easier time getting through to Kevin. His memories of his father are mostly good whereas his stepmother sexually abused him.
History: Kevin is approximately sixteen years old. We don't know what happened to his birth mother beyond the fact that she died. Quite possibly she was murdered by the woman who became Kevin's stepmother. Whatever the case, Kevin ends up living with his father and his stepmother, Yvette. Those fairytale stepmothers, like in Cinderella? Yvette makes them look like the kindest people you've ever met. When Kevin was still very young, either right before or during puberty, Yvette began to severely sexually abuse him. In fact, this was how Kevin was discovered as a powerful Fire Warden. Shocked and traumatized by the abuse, he set the house on fire, accidentally killing his father. He has watched, and often been forced to participate, as Yvette has manipulated and seduced her way around the male Wardens in the US, stealing their Djinn and killing them.
The one exception to this was Bad Bob, the State Warden for Florida. The two of them had similar tastes and Bad Bob often loaned Yvette the use of his Djinn, David. They kept Kevin in line with threats of the World Wardens Council killing him for being to powerful and Bad Bob's promise of protection. Kevin, having been almost completely isolated since his father's death, has no reason to question any of this.
When Kevin was sixteen, he went with Yvette to collect a new Djinn from Patrick, a free Djinn she had made a deal with. Unexpectedly, they found Lewis, the most powerful Warden alive, there, with a newly-formed Djinn, Joanne. Seeing Joanna as a means to lure her maker/lover, Yvette briefly seduced Lewis, allowing Kevin to savagely beat the more powerful Warden, and takes Joanne's Djinn bottle. More significantly, Yvette gives the bottle, and therefore ownership and control of Joanne, to Kevin. For the abused teenager, this is his first real taste of power, his first opportunity to try to get free of his stepmother. As soon as he was alone, he couldn't resist the urge to see his Djinn and tentatively explore her powers. Before they could talk for more than a few minutes, however, Yvette showed up, demanding that he send Joanne to destroy a small town in New England. This successfully lured Joanne's lover. As soon as Yvette claimed this Djinn, she
left Kevin alone with Joanne. At this point, Kevin first revealed the conflicted, desperate emotions he spent most of his time hiding. While he initially ordered Joanne not to harm Yvette, he now told her to kill his stepmother so she would no longer "make him do bad things." However, he quickly settled for simply sending Joanne to spy on her.
When Joanne returned hurt, he gloated about her needing him to heal herself. However when Yvette and David, Joanne's lover, came, he ordered her to heal herself and protect him, culminating in her taking him to safety. There, he revealed further how damaged he was, the terror he had of Yvette, his loneliness, and even a last shred of innocence. Joanne comforted him then forced him into a deep sleep while she left to save the world. Kevin resented her manipulation when he woke but sent her to stop a massive storm heading their way at her request. He called her back before she finished but she delayed until the storm was under control. When she finally did return, he was gone and all the highest members of the World Council were dead or unconscious. She found him in the Djinn vault, captured by Yvette and Jonathan, the very first Djinn. Jonathan snapped his neck, leaving him all but dead while the one Warden left standing struggled to keep him alive.
Sample Journal Entry: This is bullshit. Mom makes her new toy kill me and I'm the one on the prison ship?! It's not fair! I want to go home and I want her dead. And I want my Djinn back. I hate this place!
Sample RP: Kevin sat up slowly, his hand drifting to his neck. Something here didn't make sense. He should be dead. He knew it. Mom... No, Yvette, the bitch didn't deserve that title, especially now. Yvette had finally done it. She'd used her Djinn to kill him. And Joanne hadn't come when he called her. He wasn't sure how she'd done it since she was his Djinn, bound to obey him. Not that it mattered. She'd found a way to betray and abandon him.
He punched the wall next to him angrily. So much for trusting people. If he hadn't trusted her, maybe Yvette wouldn't have hurt him this bad. Damn bitch.
Except... He wasn't dead somehow. He could definitely feel the bunk under him and his hand hurt from slamming his fist into the wall. And if he wasn't dead, where was he? He surged to his feet, running into the hall, trying to see if there was any way to figure out what the hell was going on.
Special Notes: Not that I can think of.
User DW:
jadarylAIM/IM: gilgaladiell@yahoo.co.uk
E-mail: gilgaladiell@yahoo.co.uk
Other Characters: none
Character Name: Kevin Prentiss
Series: Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series
Age: 16-17
From When?: Kevin will be coming from shortly before the end of Heat Stroke.
Inmate/Warden: Kevin is definitely an inmate. He has massive trust issues as is typical for abuse victims. People, in general, terrify him. He also tends to act without comprehending the consequences of his actions which is not surprising, given his age. Unfortunately, his powers make this a major problem. His self-esteem is almost nonexistent. Not only does he not see why he should help people, he doesn't believe he can. On top of everything else, his sense of right and wrong been badly skewed by living with his abusive and murderous stepmother. Working with a Warden would first of all give him the opportunity to have someone he could trust, who would consistently be there for him and treat him with normal, human decency while still imposing limits and holding him to a standard of behavior.
Abilities/Powers: pyrokinesis
Personality: In terms of behavior, Kevin has perfected the act of the tough, careless punk. Outwardly, he doesn't let anything case him. He's prone to picking fights and lashing out when he feels vulnerable. And don't bother suggesting that he help anyone because, as he puts it, they never helped him.
Underneath his tough, angry exterior, Kevin is a hurting, badly traumatized child. At one point, the vulnerability he displays is described as the cry of a child too young to understand what is being done to him or why he's being hurt. He's lonely, terrified, and confused. He doesn't trust anyone he can't control. He's a boy who has been sadistically raped for years but has never been hugged, never kissed, never shown any kind of affection. His self-esteem is virtually nonexistent. His one overarching motive is to get away from Yvette and to make sure no one will ever hurt him again.
Kevin has a fairly short attention span and the patience of a toddler. He constantly wants to be entertained. Preferably with a large screen TV, some action movies, and all the porn channels known to man.
He has killed before, once by accident and then at his stepmother's command. When called upon to kill, he waits, blending into the background until his victim is sufficiently distracted for him to make a blitz attack. And he does it without any outward sign of how he feels about it. That doesn't mean he likes killing people. He doesn't. It simply means he didn't have a choice and he won't apologize for what he had to do.
He buries his feelings as much as he can to avoid giving anyone that advantage over him. He'll pretend he doesn't care about anything or anyone because it's the only way he has to protect himself. It is difficult to get any real reactions out of him. Most of what you see of him, the mouthy, cocky, pain-in-your-ass teenager, is an act. This falls whenever he's enraged or scared.
He has very poor impulse control. If he thinks of something, he does it without thinking things through. He has little to no concept of the consequences of his actions, including with regards to himself. At this point, he entirely self-centered. He views the entire world as having abandoned him at best or out right abused him at worst.
He lashes out at almost everyone. When he's angry, this usually involves randomly kicking or punching the most convenient target like a young child throwing a tantrum. When he's scared, he becomes much more lethal. His attacks then are no longer aimless but deliberate attempts to kill the perceived threat before he can be hurt again.
On the rare occasion that he let's you see the real boy under the facade, the fear, and the rage, he acts like a little boy no more than around nine or ten. He's insecure, lonely, overwhelmed, and confused by the abuse he's received from his stepmother. The abuse has been so terrifying and confusing for him that, when asked, he can't even explain what's been done to him. He's been mostly isolated from the rest of the world and has no concept of how other people relate outside of what he's seen in movies. He wants protection. Despite his father's death being accidental, he expects punishment for it. He has no idea what to do with the guilt he feels over that so he tries to mostly pretend it doesn't exist. He also wants a friend but has no concept of how to gain a friend or how to be one. When given any form of physical affection, whether a hug or a chaste kiss, he doesn't know how to respond because it's so far out of his realm of experience. Chances are that, if he's receiving affection from a woman, he'll eventually grope her. He's also incredibly cling once he trusts someone. Cling in the sense of a small child with a security blanket.
It's fairly rare, but Kevin can be extremely vindictive. That side of him is reserved for his abusers and anyone who betrays his trust. The simple reasoning is that he wants them to suffer the way they made him suffer.
He wants power. Power to protect himself, power to keep other people away from him, power for he barely understands what anymore, just so long as he has it and is no longer helpless. If he finds out someone is dependent on him he tends to gloat. A lot of that is about the power. It's a rush for him. But underneath that, there is a tiny piece of him that recognizes that he wants to be more than some kid who kills people, more than a victim. Although at this point in his life, he'd deny it with his dying breath, he wants to help people like his powers are meant for. He couldn't tell you why. It's not even something he's consciously aware of. He certainly doesn't believe he can help anyone. But that part of him has not completely died yet.
There's also part of him that aches for someone to step into the role of a father. It's not something he's aware of at all but it's there and it makes him easier to manipulate. At least for a man. Even more so if he thinks he is the one in control.
Barge Reactions: Kevin will not react well to the Barge at first. Most likely, he'll interpret the Barge as solely a punishment rather than an opportunity. He will be lashing out in both fear and anger at pretty much everyone. As he begins to settle in, he will start to form tentative bonds with people he respects and a few people he finds that he actually likes. Fandom, genre, and character type won't matter to him much. Floods and breaches, however, will scare him, at least until he gets used to them happening. This will be true of some types of breaches more than others.
Path to Redemption: Kevin's primary triggers are comments about his appearance, especially along the lines of “you'd be handsome if you'd cut your hair.” They're too similar to things his stepmother used to say to him. Any kind of discipline will also likely be a trigger for him as he will probably perceive it as an attack. The biggest way to motivate him to change is to show him that he can help people, that he can change, and that there's a point to it other than not getting hurt. The best method I can think of to get through to him is to become the loving, patient parent he barely remembers having. Also, a man would probably have an easier time getting through to Kevin. His memories of his father are mostly good whereas his stepmother sexually abused him.
History: Kevin is approximately sixteen years old. We don't know what happened to his birth mother beyond the fact that she died. Quite possibly she was murdered by the woman who became Kevin's stepmother. Whatever the case, Kevin ends up living with his father and his stepmother, Yvette. Those fairytale stepmothers, like in Cinderella? Yvette makes them look like the kindest people you've ever met. When Kevin was still very young, either right before or during puberty, Yvette began to severely sexually abuse him. In fact, this was how Kevin was discovered as a powerful Fire Warden. Shocked and traumatized by the abuse, he set the house on fire, accidentally killing his father. He has watched, and often been forced to participate, as Yvette has manipulated and seduced her way around the male Wardens in the US, stealing their Djinn and killing them.
The one exception to this was Bad Bob, the State Warden for Florida. The two of them had similar tastes and Bad Bob often loaned Yvette the use of his Djinn, David. They kept Kevin in line with threats of the World Wardens Council killing him for being to powerful and Bad Bob's promise of protection. Kevin, having been almost completely isolated since his father's death, has no reason to question any of this.
When Kevin was sixteen, he went with Yvette to collect a new Djinn from Patrick, a free Djinn she had made a deal with. Unexpectedly, they found Lewis, the most powerful Warden alive, there, with a newly-formed Djinn, Joanne. Seeing Joanna as a means to lure her maker/lover, Yvette briefly seduced Lewis, allowing Kevin to savagely beat the more powerful Warden, and takes Joanne's Djinn bottle. More significantly, Yvette gives the bottle, and therefore ownership and control of Joanne, to Kevin. For the abused teenager, this is his first real taste of power, his first opportunity to try to get free of his stepmother. As soon as he was alone, he couldn't resist the urge to see his Djinn and tentatively explore her powers. Before they could talk for more than a few minutes, however, Yvette showed up, demanding that he send Joanne to destroy a small town in New England. This successfully lured Joanne's lover. As soon as Yvette claimed this Djinn, she
left Kevin alone with Joanne. At this point, Kevin first revealed the conflicted, desperate emotions he spent most of his time hiding. While he initially ordered Joanne not to harm Yvette, he now told her to kill his stepmother so she would no longer "make him do bad things." However, he quickly settled for simply sending Joanne to spy on her.
When Joanne returned hurt, he gloated about her needing him to heal herself. However when Yvette and David, Joanne's lover, came, he ordered her to heal herself and protect him, culminating in her taking him to safety. There, he revealed further how damaged he was, the terror he had of Yvette, his loneliness, and even a last shred of innocence. Joanne comforted him then forced him into a deep sleep while she left to save the world. Kevin resented her manipulation when he woke but sent her to stop a massive storm heading their way at her request. He called her back before she finished but she delayed until the storm was under control. When she finally did return, he was gone and all the highest members of the World Council were dead or unconscious. She found him in the Djinn vault, captured by Yvette and Jonathan, the very first Djinn. Jonathan snapped his neck, leaving him all but dead while the one Warden left standing struggled to keep him alive.
Sample Journal Entry: This is bullshit. Mom makes her new toy kill me and I'm the one on the prison ship?! It's not fair! I want to go home and I want her dead. And I want my Djinn back. I hate this place!
Sample RP: Kevin sat up slowly, his hand drifting to his neck. Something here didn't make sense. He should be dead. He knew it. Mom... No, Yvette, the bitch didn't deserve that title, especially now. Yvette had finally done it. She'd used her Djinn to kill him. And Joanne hadn't come when he called her. He wasn't sure how she'd done it since she was his Djinn, bound to obey him. Not that it mattered. She'd found a way to betray and abandon him.
He punched the wall next to him angrily. So much for trusting people. If he hadn't trusted her, maybe Yvette wouldn't have hurt him this bad. Damn bitch.
Except... He wasn't dead somehow. He could definitely feel the bunk under him and his hand hurt from slamming his fist into the wall. And if he wasn't dead, where was he? He surged to his feet, running into the hall, trying to see if there was any way to figure out what the hell was going on.
Special Notes: Not that I can think of.
Revisions for re-app part 3
Date: 2015-11-20 12:21 pm (UTC)Special Notes: Returning warden, formerly retired