@rebootedhero || indie portrayal of REBOOT MAN from FORTNITE. blog will be heavily headcanon based but an attempt to stick to any canon information will be made. selectively HE/HIM for both mun and muse. asks are and always will be OPEN and are ENCOURAGED as mun is very awkward and prefers to avoid sending asks himself. anything suggestive is discouraged. curse/magic anons allowed. OOC will be written with //.
headcanons, backstory and other information below the cut, be prepared to READ.
𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒.
#RREZZ ENERGY || in character posts.
#NNERVOUS MUMBLINGS || answered asks.
#AAVOIDING TRAINING || OOC posts.
#RREBOOTS || reblogs.
𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒;
His full name is VANDER DEMPSEY REBANKS.
He’s a being of PURE REZZ-ENERGY. Though appears humanoid.
Before the shockwave, he harnessed very weak REZZ ENERGY abilities; which he used to heal minor injuries, and give himself a more humanoid appearance. (His digitised style is how he actually looks.) After the shockwave, his abilities were supercharged; allowing him to heal more severe injuries, create force fields, and even reboot individuals without the use of a REBOOT VAN.
FIELD SURGEON is his foster-mother.
He collects REBOOT CARDS! For some reason…
He has a TON of piercings, rarely wears all of them at once; though he wears his helix, snake bites and septum piercings the most.
His septum ring is in the shape of the reboot arrow.
Until he learns how to harness his powers, he has to keep his super suit on to avoid causing any harm.
𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐙𝐙; 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.
Yes, FIELD SURGEON had been told that her REBOOT VAN was experiencing a malfunction earlier that day, and yes, she may have also been told to avoid using it as well. But would she listen?
Of course not! There were lives that needed saving, malfunction be damned.
So when she jammed her patient’s REBOOT CARD into the slot, and flicked the switch to begin the REBOOT; she should’ve expected the process to…glitch.
The vehicle trembled, instruments flying off their places and clattering to the metal floor below. REZZ ENERGY sparked and nipped at her fingers, causing her to flinch back with a gasp. Her patient’s body glowed with an eerie, BLUE LIGHT as the process continued to malfunction and stray from normality. This was…bad.
FIELD SURGEON immediately started to panic, hands flying over different machines in an effort to eject the card from its place as the clinical light inside the van began to flicker as well. The tech stubbornly refusing to co-operate with her demands.
Her dread reached a fever pitch as the tell-tale sign of the process nearing completion rang out. The slowly climbing crescendo of the REZZ ENERGY sending her into a near-frenzy.
There was a flash of light, forcing her to cover her eyes with an arm, a beam of light shooting from the top of the van as the horn blared. REBOOTED! Or so she thought.
In place of her patient, laid a boy. Made of pure REZZ ENERGY.
That boy would turn out to be VANDER. Yes, he knows. It’s ridiculous how his mother..or father..is a literal REBOOT VAN. Don’t mention it.
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘;
VANDER is very weak-willed, preferring to blindly follow orders made by his superiors if it means not having to stress over the consequences of his own decisions. He fails to think rationally in stressful situations, second-guesses himself constantly and is also easily swayed by peer-pressure.
He’s often described as a scaredy-cat. Forget DAIGO; confrontation is VANDER’S worst enemy. Rather than engaging, his first instincts are to either hide, negotiate (horribly.) or just plain flee the scene. Though, he can be oddly competent at times.
Despite this, VANDER hasn't fully given up on his superhero path, even when he’d rather quit than continue forward. He’s determined to prove himself and become a full-fledged superhero…and maybe work his way out of his shell in the process.
𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒;
//nothing…so far..might add a playlist per chance..
“I don’t think wearin’…wearin’ a disguise is really my thing..”
[VANDER would say, looking down at himself before tugging awkwardly at the sleeves of the too-short-striped shirt. The jeans he had dug out from god-knows-where were hanging awkwardly as well. It was as if every god out there was hellbent on making him look like a complete and utter idiot.]
”Hey, I…at least look kinda normal, eh? Right?”
[Wrong. The cherry on top was the fact that he still had his suit on underneath, making the fabric wrinkle around the streamlined pieces of his armour. That, and despite making himself appear more human-esque, small particles of REZZ-ENERGY were falling from him like rain.]
”Yeah…totally, normal. Instead of REBOOT MAN I’m…MAN MAN.”
[VANDER fell into silence, quietly picking at an imaginary thread on his shirt. The shoes weren’t any better, one lace precariously untied.]
//i was wondering if there was any sort of discord server i could join…fnrp is fun but i think doing it on tumblr just isn’t for me due to how awkward i find it but id like to try and continue doing it
These..onimorphs..? Yeah, onimorphs. Are messing with my suit, it’s a real pain. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve had to repair the wiring since they appeared. The bug gloop is screwing it all up…
[VANDER continued to gesture wildly, mouth opening and closing without any words.]
Wh- KILLSWITCH!!?
[He gaped.]
I thought me n’ him were buds! I didn’t know he held a grudge against me! An’ I will NOT be killing anyone, I have strict rules that I follow to carry the mantle of REBOOT MAN!
[VAN shook his head, hands going to rest on his hips as he gave LIGHTRIDER a sliiiiiightly suspicious look.]
[VANDER would startle, again, immediately drawing his REZZBLADE in a panic- before realising it was HAYLEE. He flushed in embarrassment, immediately putting away his weapon as he tried to dust himself off and look presentable...despite being in his pyjamas...and defaulting to his digitised form due to hiding away from everything in his dorm.]
STOP RIGHT THERE DEM- Oh, HAYLEE! Haha, caught me off guard there, I say.
[He grinned awkwardly, clearly still jittery from the whole..attack on the ACADEMY ,before it'd falter once his new..attributes were brought up.]
I..ah..don't really know myself. They jus'..appeared? DAIGO'S demon magic is turnin' everyone into animals?? (Okay, a lil'far fetched.) Yeah..
[Awkward silence, before VANDER would clap his hands; smile returning to his face once more.]
[VANDER would startle at the sudden puff of magic, letting out a sharp yell of fear as he flailed aimlessly.]
Woah woah woah- GAH! what th'hell?!
[He'd exclaim, spluttering as he waved away the last few sparkles. Once the smoke cleared, he realised he was now sporting a couple characteristics of a dog. He looked around for the perpetrator, only finding himself, silence, and the empty corridor of the ACADEMY dorms.]
...Well, ain't this just my luck.
[He grumbled to himself, scrubbing a hand through his hair - now with the addition of two pointed ears.]
[VANDER would slowly creak open the door to his dorm, peaking his head out through the gap nervously. One of his REZZBLADES would follow suit; better safe than sorry! He’d lost track of how many days he’d stayed inside. Too busy stressing over getting attacked by a demon guard again…yeowch.]
Uhh…anyone..still here..? Guys..?
[He coughed awkwardly, now standing completely out of his dorm. Silence. He clutched his REZZBLADE a smidge tighter in both hands.]
Hello..?
//I survived..i can still access tumblr 🤤…someone come get his aah though 💔
I am NEVER coming out of my dorm again after what happened… I should’ve quit this whole ‘superhero’ shtick while I was ahead! Hell, I’m barricading the door!!!
//lowkey forgot i had these accounts for the billionth time..oops…
Alright copycat, I don't care if your Rezz Energy can bring people back to life, cuz my powers are still cooler. I don't see you surfing on lightwaves in the sky. So don't even think that we're buddies, and don't you dare to steal my spotlight.
Hey- I’m not a copycat, jeez! It’s not my fault that that shockwave just so happened to give us the same powers. Y’know. Plus, last time I checked, rebootin’ is much more cooler- no- important than surfin’ a wave of- of cubes!
And I never thought we were buddies. I totally did…Um.. maybe hoping that we could figure out rezz energy..as a team…ahem. I could count the number of people who’d want to be friends with someone as arrogant as you on my right hand!! Which isn’t a lot! Uh- NEWSFLASH; there’s no ‘I’ in team, Lightrider! And last time I checked, you’re apart of a team! A real important one unlike me.
