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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| + | Lucas Korbin is a genetic abnormality, a mutant. Even amongst mutants, he had the rare blessing/curse of being gifted with his abilities at birth. At the age of three, Lucas had the horrific fate of accidentally killing his parents. Placed in the New York foster care system for years, he grew up into a troubled teen. Accidents with other foster children distanced him from his various foster parents, and he was eventually released from the system at the earliest possible time. | ||
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| + | Lucas lived on the street for some time, and soon he became known as the Raptor, a small-time but reputable thug who always got the job done. If he was paid up front, anyway. | ||
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| + | Eventually, during a job in Idaho, Lucas sustained head-trauma in a fight with a powerful mutant. Saved from drowning by a passing farmer, Lucas nonetheless awoke with no memory of his past. Forced to learn life and language anew, the young man had to come to grips with reality all over again. | ||
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| + | When he used his powers to save the farmer's daughter from a falling water tower, Lucas was told that there was a special school for people like him. Lucas set off for New York, where he enrolled in a 'gifted youngsters' program that taught him the extent and potential of his abilities. As Lucas' control over his powers grew, it became obvious that he was among the most powerful mutants that had ever been seen at the school, and special care was taken to help stabilize his new personality, so that he would not revert into his old, violent self if his memories returned. | ||
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| + | The greatest help in this area was a redhead named Rachel, who helped him to merge his memories and experiences from the past with his current self. They shared a close friendship, but before that could turn into anything more, Rachel's own powers drove her quite insane, and he was forced to kill her to save literally countless lives. The battle cost him both of his eyes, one of his arms, and his life. It sent him cratering into the earth, a burnt-out husk of what was once a man. | ||
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| + | While he normally would have died, in reality Lucas' landing had been 'fortuitously' cushioned by an unstable portal to Twisted. He was as good as dead by his world's technology, but a multiversal hub such as Twisted had much greater medical prowess available. A particularly talented doctor saved Lucas' life and limbs, but was unable to restore his eyesight. False eyes were grown for him, but they cannot see. | ||
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| + | Blind and alone, Lucas is still a fairly amiable resident of Twisted Street, and has gotten used to the lifestyle there. After eight years, he's basically come to think of the place as home. Still, there are nights when he understandably needs a stiff drink. | ||
==Primary Skills and Abilities== | ==Primary Skills and Abilities== | ||
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A young man with un-seeing eyes. Lucas is a mutant, possessing powers that other humans do not. He's blind, but walks as though he could see.
Background
Lucas Korbin is a genetic abnormality, a mutant. Even amongst mutants, he had the rare blessing/curse of being gifted with his abilities at birth. At the age of three, Lucas had the horrific fate of accidentally killing his parents. Placed in the New York foster care system for years, he grew up into a troubled teen. Accidents with other foster children distanced him from his various foster parents, and he was eventually released from the system at the earliest possible time.
Lucas lived on the street for some time, and soon he became known as the Raptor, a small-time but reputable thug who always got the job done. If he was paid up front, anyway.
Eventually, during a job in Idaho, Lucas sustained head-trauma in a fight with a powerful mutant. Saved from drowning by a passing farmer, Lucas nonetheless awoke with no memory of his past. Forced to learn life and language anew, the young man had to come to grips with reality all over again.
When he used his powers to save the farmer's daughter from a falling water tower, Lucas was told that there was a special school for people like him. Lucas set off for New York, where he enrolled in a 'gifted youngsters' program that taught him the extent and potential of his abilities. As Lucas' control over his powers grew, it became obvious that he was among the most powerful mutants that had ever been seen at the school, and special care was taken to help stabilize his new personality, so that he would not revert into his old, violent self if his memories returned.
The greatest help in this area was a redhead named Rachel, who helped him to merge his memories and experiences from the past with his current self. They shared a close friendship, but before that could turn into anything more, Rachel's own powers drove her quite insane, and he was forced to kill her to save literally countless lives. The battle cost him both of his eyes, one of his arms, and his life. It sent him cratering into the earth, a burnt-out husk of what was once a man.
While he normally would have died, in reality Lucas' landing had been 'fortuitously' cushioned by an unstable portal to Twisted. He was as good as dead by his world's technology, but a multiversal hub such as Twisted had much greater medical prowess available. A particularly talented doctor saved Lucas' life and limbs, but was unable to restore his eyesight. False eyes were grown for him, but they cannot see.
Blind and alone, Lucas is still a fairly amiable resident of Twisted Street, and has gotten used to the lifestyle there. After eight years, he's basically come to think of the place as home. Still, there are nights when he understandably needs a stiff drink.
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Logs
- 2011-09-04 (PostU) Finally some conflict! (Part 2)?
- 2011-09-10 (PostU) Further Mysteries of Medical Mechanica
- 2011-12-20 (PostU) Loyalties
- 2012-06-13 (PostU) PANTIE CHAMP O' THE WUUUUURLD!
- 2014-09-02 (PostU) The Return of the Beast What Squeeks
- 2014-09-13 (PostU) Breakfast Time!
- 2014-09-23 (PostU) And Miles To Go Before I Sleep
- 2016-04-16 (PostU) Story Swapping
- 2016-04-17 (PostU) Another Day at the Usual
- 2016-08-19 (PostU) No Substitute for Sleep
- 2021-02-25 - History, the Dead, and the Blind