Post by Christian Moynahan on Dec 17, 2013 14:17:07 GMT -5
Alain Jensen
Full Name: Alain Péire Jensen
Age: 39
Civilian or Special: Special
Currently Located: Los Angeles, California
Affiliated with: Ark Industries
Celebrity Claim: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Relation to You: Coworker
Appearance: Tall, dark-eyed, and with hair that shifts from blond to brown, Alain has an unmistakeable look about him. He does not have the build of what most people would imagine a scientist looks like - he is muscular, fairly tanned, and does not usually wear glasses. He has the mind of a scientist, however, and can be seen in a lab coat as often as he is seen in well-tailored suits.
Personality: Alain is very approachable and casual, and loves a good practical joke. He can be serious when he is at work, but more often than not, he is the one that’s up to shenanigans. He is very popular around the Prototype Development Subdivision and throughout Ark Industries as well.
Telekinesis: Alain is an extraordinary telekinetic. He can lift and move objects that are several tons in weight, and he can propel these objects quite far, depending on their weight. He does not have to touch the item to do this, but it must be either within his line of sight or within his perception (for example, a tree that he knows is behind him). He can also retract objects to himself.
Teleportation: Additionally, Alain possesses the commonly paired ability of teleportation. He can move himself across a physical plane within a few seconds, if not less. He can also teleport others with him - depending on the limits below, up to ten people at a time, including himself.
Limits: Alain’s ability to move objects at maximum weight is dependent on several factors - how well secured the object is to the ground or another surface, how many other telekinetics or others with similar abilities are in the area, and whether he can focus on the object closely enough to lift or move it.
As for teleporting, the speed with which Alain can teleport depends on how many people he is teleporting at one time. As with other teleporters, he must have an idea of where he is going lest he appear in a danger zone or in the middle of a solid object. He can gain this knowledge from someone who is teleporting with him. This ability is also dependent on how well he can focus, on both the people who are traveling with him and their intended destination.
New York City has been called a “melting pot” of cultures. Alain has always favored that name. He grew up in the city, specifically in Queens, with a Danish and Italian and Catalan father and a French and German mother and Alain barely knows what else. He was raised among to quite a few of those communities, and learned their histories, languages, and traditions.
After just getting by in his early school years, he discovered that he especially enjoyed literature. His instructors in that area nurtured that inclination, and he was set to attend a liberal arts college with a fantastic English program - until his parents stepped in. They wanted him to get into a field that would actually make money, and after going back and forth with his parents on it, Alain finally declared that he was going to go into literature no matter what.
Unfortunately, his parents went behind his back and rejected the scholarship he would have gotten at the liberal arts college, and forced him to attend a research university instead, on the premise that they would pay for his college in that case, but not if he chose a liberal arts school.
So he attended a research university and majored in engineering, and minored in English. As he pursued his studies, he found that engineering and the sciences weren’t so bad, and that he was pretty good at them. After that, he remained at university to pursue a master’s in the field, then started looking for jobs. There were some good ones he found, and he stayed with each one as long as he could, until they started doing layoffs or such.
It was at one such engineering job that Christian Moynahan found him, and, instead of going through the staff that typically did the hiring, took Alain on himself. Since then, Alain has served as the supervisor of Ark’s Prototype Development Subdivision, and as Christian’s right-hand man.
