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jasper duke | 29 | bouncer underground fighter

[jasperduke]

 ･° /     eyes narrowed a little as the man spoke, the idea of someone just casually being born with the ability to replicate powers sounding   …   well, sounding like a piss-poor excuse   ——   it didn’t take a genius to figure out that something was clearly off with his explanation. still, said eyes did manage a roll when he implied she’d tried to blow him up, a hand lifting towards a street lamp a little ways down the alley   ——   it burst, glass flying for a split second before all shard froze in mid air, the little flame that had started to spark freezing as well.   “  i tried to freeze you and walk past, you’d unfreeze in a few minutes   ——   you ate up the wrong power, amigo.  “   nose wrinkled as she unfroze the mess she’d made, the sound of glass falling reaching her ears as she turned to look up at the stranger.   “  y'know, ’m not a genius or anything, but i wouldn’t call whatever you did a defect. sounds like you’re in denial or something   ——   not that i blame you. this shit’s not exactly fun.  “  

        he hummed faintly as he watched her, an amused grin playing at his lips as he shrugged yet again. “neat trick - same concept, probably all one thing - just backwards, forwards, paused.” his gaze flicked to her face, studying her for a moment as she spoke. he guessed it was fair to assume whatever the hell he was doing was an ability, but it didn’t quite add up. “everyone knows you all with powers were born on the same day - ten days before i was. so, like i said, just a defect. shit just doesn’t work on me, plus i pull some copycat shit - guessing it came from my family, but can’t say i’ve met ‘em so who knows.”

[jasperduke]

rcvenfighter :

  ･° /     sloane didn’t consider herself the smartest person in the world, or the most perceptive, but it would have taken a lot for her to be able to miss the way the garbage bin lid exploded off its hinges   ——   that was  her power   and she could have recognized it anywhere. her eyes were wide when she jumped and turned to look at the man, brows furrowing when he spoke.   “  oh no, you don’t   ——   i didn’t do shit, and you just blew that up. that’s my shtick.  “   in theory, she figured she should have been worried, considering her powers didn’t work on the dude and he did, in fact, have them. not to mention the fact that he was a lot more than a foot taller than her and could definitely kill her with one hand, but that wasn’t her biggest concern right now.   “  you stole my powers. how the fuc— oh. is that your power? stealing everyone else’s?  “   it was, all things considered, the only explanation she could find for this bullshit.

        “might not’ve done shit but you sure as fuck tried.” he couldn’t say he had tons of experience with this sort of thing - he only knew a few people with superpowers, and most didn’t tend to direct them at him - but he did know what it felt like when it hit him. he raised an eyebrow at her question, shaking his head and offering a slight shrug. “nah not a power, just some sorta defect. and i didn’t steal anything - that’d imply i took it and you didn’t have it anymore. so if that-” he gestured to the dumpster that had exploded- “is what you’re power does, should i assume you were tryin’ to blow me up?” 

[ssweeneys]

Casey Deidrick as Max in In The Dark (2019―) Episode 4.

[jasperduke]

rcvenfighter :

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    ･° /     it wasn’t the smartest plan, or the safest by any means   ——   but it was times like these, as sloane made her way back home after a late shift at the diner, that she was thankful for her powers ; they allowed her to take shortcuts down alleyways without worrying about being mugged. she couldn’t say her uniform was particularly warm or comfortable, but it did have its perks   ——   the woman fished a dented pack of cigarettes from her pocket, swung her purse back as she lit one and sighed. almost home, even if she was sure she’d end up spending more time at the academy now. it was, after all, really fucking cool   ——   she didn’t see many perks in the whole superhero, saving the world bullshit but the tower? that was badass. she was lost in her thoughts when she heard a backdoor creak open, eyes widening just a little at the person that walked out   ——   sloane wasn’t easily scared, but she couldn’t help a little shudder, her hand moving subtly to freeze the man. just to be safe. 

the swear wasn’t smart or safe either, but it was all she could really manage when for the first time in her life, her powers didn’t work. she, however, froze on the spot.   “  what the fuck?  “ 

        he should’ve cleaned up after the fight, or at the very least been paying attention to where he was going instead of counting the money in his hands. he knew what he looked like, knew that walking down a dark alley looking like he’d just killed someone was likely to cause a bit of terror, but he was still reveling in the afterglow of his win - right up until that nice warm feeling was doused out and replaced by something else entirely.         he hated it. the feeling of someone’s power washing over him, pouring into him. it never really hurt, but it almost always felt wrong and could be a bit of a disaster - like this time. he wasn’t sure what she’d tried to do, but the burst of her power shooting through him was destructive in the seconds before he’d sealed it away in a neat little compartment.         “pretty sure that’s my line. at least give a guy some warning before you do....whatever the hell you tired to do.”

[ofnikkcs]

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[jasperduke]

Not one of the 43 but equally important is JASPER DUKE, they are a BOUNCER & UNDERGROUND FIGHTER and TWENTY-NINE years old. HE comes off asCONFIDENT but also VOLATILE. Their part in what is to come is undetermined, should you need to contact them they look like CASEY DEIDRICK.

i present you with an idiot - pls love him

will answer to jasper, jaz, or duke ( tho if he’s at work he only answers to duke )

works as a bouncer ( and occasional bartender ) at a shady af very popular nightclub, hates it, won’t leave tho bc he hates the way the waitstaff is treated and doesn’t trust most of the other bouncers to keep them safe enough by his standards.

participates in less than legal fights for cash, is pretty damn good and definitely a crowd favorite. 

he gets picked up by the police every other week, but they never manage to find anything to pin on him - namely bc people are tightlipped about the fights, and no one can ever catch him actually doing anything else.

a big flirt, but he’s also really good at reading people and will stop and even apologize when he notices someone is uncomfortable.

grew up down the road from the academy, wanted to be friends with all the hargreeves. definitely flirted as they got older, with each and every one of them.

used to throw all kinds of things up on top of the academy from his own roof, he’s always been a menace.

has a son, but his ex-girlfriend has custody and uses him to manipulate jaz - wouldn’t even put him on the birth certificate so he’d have to take her to court to get a paternity test before he could even try to get rights, and he doesn’t want to make things any more difficult for his kid.

actually pretty wealthy on his own bc he doesn’t spend more than he needs to, plus his parents are also pretty loaded - boy has never wanted for a material possession in his life. surprisingly didn’t turn out too spoiled.

if you want a former one-night-stand or brief fling we can talk bc he might be your guy - i won’t say 100%, but there’s a decent chance. 

idk if you have questions ask. 

[ssweeneys]