age, birthday: 27, July 18th
gender, pronouns: Male, he/him
occupation: Technology Agent
Clarkâs intellectual skillset deemed worthy for Initiative X, as he managed to work on equipment that was suited to his sisterâs ability, without having the resources or collected knowledge that the Initiative had access to. Clark has a vast knowledge of the human anatomy on a cellular level and can determine where ones ability originates from and how it works. Based on that, he is able to design and develop technologic that has a desired effect on their ability. For example, it could give an ability a strength boost, a more definitive aim (for those who trigger it without being able to aim), tone it down, etc. Apart from creating designated equipment (which he prefers), he also works on tools and weapons to nullify or counter abilities to be used by his human field agent colleagues.
Clark Davis is a child of a car mechanic and a medicine researcher at the local hospital. He led a simple life along with his elder brother and sister and his two younger sisters. They were a tight bunch, with the occasional bickering session, but each of them connected and fitted. When asked about it, Clark could only reply that he had a very happy childhood.
Ever since he was able to crawl, Clark Davis was a curious, bright boy. He was often found outside, lying in the grass, fascinated by the ants that were so tiny, yet so strong. He could look at them for a good while before picking up a few and putting them in his mouth, after which he got a scolding from his mother and a screech from his older sister. His fascination didnât stop there. It expanded to all living forms, nature, space, bikes, cars. The compulsive need to understand everything lead to experimenting on various things, which werenât always the safest of ways to spend ones time. One time, there even was an resurrection attempt on a squirrel that Clark and his friends carelessly executed. While it didnât work, the creative thought process and the math work, was quite impressive. There very little in the world that didnât peeked the interest of Clark and there was even fewer things that Clark wouldnât try out or even build himself.
In high school, Clark used his saved up money to buy a scrap car from the salvage yard. With broken and spare parts from his fatherâs shop, he managed to rebuild the car to a wonderful state. There were even interested buyers; seniors from his high school. He used the money to buy other cars from the salvage yard and flipped those too. To do something he was passionate about and be able to make money from that was one of the greatest things that could happen to the boy. And it turned out it would come in handy as well. His younger sister was showing signs of extraordinary abilities. The kind that the family didnât want to bring out into the world, scared of losing her. After they learned more and more about her abilities and what it could do, it was harder to keep it under control and to hide it. Whenever Clark was free from school. heâd work on his cars and sell them, so that he had money to buy parts and try to create something that would help his sister control her ability and hiding it. In which he succeeded.
By the time he finished high school, he was a very skilled amateur engineer with an impressive resume. His family supported his dreams of studying aerospace engineering at MIT, miles away from home. However, in the summer before he was leaving for MIT, something happened. His sister lost control. The damages were major and there was no way of hiding it now. Some organisation or company took her away for research and safekeeping, convincing their parents that it was for the best. But the siblings were less than happy about that. It was in that moment that Clark decided to switch his educational plan. He decided to double major in mechanical engineering, as well as biological engineering. While it was a rough ride, his talent, motivation and enjoyment allowed him to actually pull it off. His goal was a clear one: Create technology that would allow mutants to control and harness that power.
Initiative X apparently shared a similar goal and recruited him fresh out of college, where they promised him to reunite him with his sister, as well as allowing him creative freedom when it came to mutant enhancement and nullification technology.
i. While Clark is all about new innovation and unheard of techniques, he has a real love for the vintage/old-fashioned technology, music, etc. Often when heâs tinkering or designing, he listens to music like âMorning Train (nine to five) - Sheena Eastonâ (a favourite of his) on his walkman that he found in his parentâs attic years ago.
ii. Clark is mutant sympathiser. He thinks all mutants should share the same rights as humans, yet he also agrees that not all ought to be wandering the streets unchecked.
iii. Clark isnât quite sure what to think of Initiative X. Heâs been there a while now, but he goes back and forth on them. What theyâre doing is necessary, he agrees, but their methods seem a little fishy to him sometimes. That said, he isnât quite up to date with what they do and donât do during missions, since itâs a whole other department. His view is that he can help mutants be less of a threat and make their allied mutants stronger by creating enhancing gear or gear that lets them control their ability better.
iv. While Clark is somewhat of a mechanical genius, he doesnât necessarily identify himself as that. He also likes to just joke around, flirt, go on adventures, surfing, hiking, camping, etc. He is irked by the people at Initiative X who simply view as âthe mechanicâ and not as a person.
v. His workplace has been described more than once as 'waking up in a frat houseâ.
vi. Clark is passionate about a lot of things, which sometimes distracts him from other aspects of his life, like family, friends, relationships, etc.
