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Post by LARS MORGENDORFFER on Jul 5, 2014 9:53:50 GMT
some coincidences are deliberate
open! Ask him what he's up to maybe...
The oven clicked several times as Lars pre-heated it. He laid a carton of eggs on the counter before opening what was a rather generic cookbook titled How to Bake: The Basics to a random page. He happened to land on a section detailing how to make pound cake, but promptly went back to doing what he was doing before, seemingly uninterested in the instructions. Multiple measuring cups were spread across a small table in the room, all of them filled with the essentials for a cake. Butter, flour, sugar, etcetera. Lars went about greasing his cake pan, mixing his ingredients, pouring his ingredients into the pan and putting that same pan in the oven, setting the timer for 30 minutes. All this, he thought, with a minimal number of people walking in and out of the kitchen to catch him in the act. Thankfully, no one questioned him about what he was up to, but perhaps that was just because what he was up to was obvious. No matter, he had an excuse planned just in case he was questioned. Now the only thing to do was wait for his cake to cook and hope no one bothered to ask him any questions whatsoever. He was sure he couldn’t bare having to explain his love of baking to anyone who didn’t already know and he wasn’t feeling extra-confident or anything today.
With his dessert in the oven, Lars simply leaned idle against the wall, content that he could partake in his hobby without scrutiny. Nothing could ruin this. Well, he hoped nothing would. Plenty of things could. Plenty of people could. And the more he thought about that, the more he convinced himself he should leave before anyone walked in. With that, he headed towards the door, praying to whatever god was listening that no one stopped him on his way out.
Post by LARS MORGENDORFFER on Jul 5, 2014 8:45:12 GMT
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lars morgendorffer
Like just about everyone else, Lars is open to making friends of any sort, mutant or non-mutant. He's generally on the sociable side, helpful, caring, all that jazz. Before attending Xavier's, he didn't really have any friends other than his sister and as such, tends to get have an easier time talking to girls than guys. Still, he'll try his best to get along with people as long as they try the same.
Enemies of his tend to be people who sit on the ends of the mutant debate. Those who are anti-mutant hate him, and those who are anti-human hate his family. Not much room for compromise there, huh? Other than, and on a smaller scale, Lars has a love of things that some people would find girlish. Baking, ballet, knitting to be specific. He hides his interest of these things from people, but is pretty much doing nothing but when he's alone. If you want to make him feel insecure about something, this would be it.
Lars is a guy who's never been in a romantic relationship or kissed a girl (elementary school doesn't count obviously!). Interestingly enough, this is something he's not ashamed of! He has no problem sharing this fact with people and doesn't pretend to be in any rush to remedy his single status. That being said, he's open to a relationship (because I'm a sucker for romance plots).
Throw all of your ideas at me (you know, if you wanna).
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NAME MCNAME
It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on tv, but where are those good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely? Lucky there's a family guy, lucky there's a man who positively can do all the things that make us laugh and cry - he's our family guy!
Here's how it is: Earth got used up, so we terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths, some rich and flush with the new technologies, some not so much. Central Planets, them was formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher, and a bona fide companion. There's a doctor, too, took his genius sister out of some Alliance camp, so they're keeping a low profile. You got a job, we can do it, don't much care what it is.
Post by LARS MORGENDORFFER on Jun 26, 2014 21:19:40 GMT
lars morgendorffer
i'm not the kind to wait, modeled to instigate
general info
ALIAS smoke
GENDER male
AGE seventeen
GROUP student
ORIENTATION heterosexual
YEAR 3
ALIGNMENT pro-mutant
JOB n/a
personality
LIKES - sunny days - his power - baking - knitting - gardening
DISLIKES - rainy days - cold weather in general - bullies - black coffee - alcohol
Lars is most of what he looks like on the outside, which is gruff, aloof, tough and no-nonsense. Being an older brother though has taught him patience, compassion and dedication to people other than himself. He's generous and selfless when he needs to be and doesn't shy away from danger, courageous and perhaps, headstrong.
He isn't exactly short-tempered, but he won't hesitate to let you know when he's agitated. He's frank and direct, though his straightforwardness can often come across as simple tactlessness and insensitivity, which is ironic, considering that when he realizes he has offended someone unintentionally, he'll apologize profusely. It's also ironic because the things he's particularly sensitive about, such as his family or some of his not-so-masculine hobbies often either make him angry and frustrated with whoever brought it up and talked about it wrong.
Speaking of his hobbies, he's secretive about them. Growing up with a sister and mother to entertain has made him more open than most young boys to activities that most consider abnormal for someone of his gender. No one expects the straight, male, tough-as-nails Lars Morgendorffer to be an avid knitter, baker and ballet dancer. He is, but he isn't shouting it on the rooftops. Somehow a knowledge of his hobbies spread around his old school and he heard plenty of whispered mocking while walking down the hallways. As such, he tries to hide any evidence of interest and contain himself from revealing it when these topics are brought up.
biography
Lars is the eldest of fraternal twins born to a single woman living in Brooklyn, New York. Their father abandoned the family in the earlier terms of their mother’s pregnancy, and as such, Lars, unlike his sister Laura, bears a cold resentment towards the man and tends to avoid talking about him whenever possible.
He and his sister’s childhood was pleasant enough. They weren’t the most well-off, but their mother loved and provided for them as best she could. He was something of a lone-wolf at school, with a handful of acquaintances, but no one he felt comfortable calling a true friend besides his sister. He was solitary only partially by choice, as a lot of his peers were (and still often are) intimidated by his appearance and stern disposition. There was also the incident wherein he found out a trio of boys were bullying his sister and her friend and Lars took it upon himself to teach the trio a very painful, physical lesson. He was suspended of course, but believed it was worth it.
One very late night, Lars awoke to screaming, smoke and darkness. It was obvious from the smell of burning wood and shouts of “FIRE!” that the apartment complex his family lived in was coming down. His mother slammed on his bedroom door in an effort to wake him up and break through, but to no avail on the latter goal. When he did finally come to, he found that the smoke that devoured his home didn’t seem to affect him the slightest. He wasn’t choking or coughing, his eyes weren’t even tearing up. He didn’t have time to sit and wonder about this, in fact, he barely noticed it as he rushed to meet his mother in the hallway. There, she told him that Laura was trapped in her bedroom behind a wall of fire. Without hesitation, he began pushing his mother outside to their third floor hallway and convinced her to escape so he could focus on saving his sister. As he approached Laura’s door, the only thing he could think to do was put all of his energy into a running tackle to break it down and hope the flames didn’t catch him along the way. As he ran, the moment he expected to collide with the door, he instead found his body turn into a wispy cloud of smoke and ember. Apparently he could travel through smoke? He didn’t have time to think about his power, however, as he looked to find his sister unconscious on the floor. Picking her into a fireman’s carry, Lars figured he could use his powers to get the two out of the burning building. And he was right. It took a toll on him, but he had managed to save his family in time. There was still the manner of the raging fire though, and it looked like not everyone would make it out alive. Taking another chance on his power, Lars stood in front of the building and managed to absorb all the smoke that permeated through the complex as the fire department did their job of hosing it down. Immediately after, however, he fainted from exhaustion and ended up in a coma for three days.
Not long after he woke up the doctor treating him recommended Xavier’s school for the gifted to his mother, and Lars, while reluctant to leave his family behind, agreed to enroll. Since then, and for years now, he’s been living as a diligent mutant-student and hopeful future member of the x-men.
POWERS
Lars' ability is an offshoot of pyrokinesis known as typhokinesis, which allows him to control, create and redirect smoke and embers. His most potent skill is turning himself into a gaseous, intangible, smoke-like substance and using that form to travel across long distances in short burst. He can shoot concentrated balls of smoke that basically function as straight-up fireballs, the difference being that they're slightly weaker, and grey in appearance. He can absorb smoke found in the surrounding environment and use it to amplify his own abilities. Finally, his power gives him an extraordinary resistance to fire and heat, although he isn't completely immune to either. On the other hand, water doesn't hurt him so much as dampen his power to a significant degree, leaving him essentially useless until he can at least get his hands dry.
ooc info
☆ NAME polyhedra (A.K.A. toasty)
☆ OTHER CHARACTERS n/a
☆ FACE CLAIM ♦ AO NO EXORCIST -- [b]RYUJI SUGURO[/b] -- LARS MORGENDORFFER
THIS CHARACTER BELONGS TO POLYHDERA. DO NOT STEAL.
