{ Rookie } THE NERVE ☎ Oscar Roth (Smerdle)

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This journal belongs to The Nerve, aka Oscar Samuel Roth
who is played by Smerdle
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oscar

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The Short Version

name || Oscar Samuel Roth
nickname(s) || Red: given to him by his father and rarely used by anyone else.
gender || Male
age || 15
height || 5'7"
weight || 137 lbs.
eyes || Orange
hair || Red
skin || Black and white

stuff || After traveling the width and breadth of Megopolis for the past year, extolling the virtues of MagicPill Corp., Oscar has finally been permitted to begin schooling at Sidekick Academy, with the promise that he will be ready to represent the face of the corporation at a moment's notice in the future.

personality keywords || clever, fearless, talkative, selfish, self-loathing

likes || spicy food, his dad's girlfriend penny, his dad
dislikes || anything that involves fine motor skills, reading, his dad

family || Gil Roth: father; Penny Winston: father's girlfriend; April Roth: mother (deceased); Toby Roth: brother (deceased)


The Long Version

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Hero alias:
The Nerve


Real name:
Oscar Samuel Roth. His father calls him Red, so he will probably introduce himself that way early on out of habit, at least until he realizes he doesn't actually like that nickname very much.


Powers/abilities:
overview
feels no pain
As a result of the extensive drug testing performed on him by MagicPill Corp., Oscar can no longer feel physical pain. He can detect pressure on his skin, but cannot differentiate between extremes such as hot or cold and is definitely not ticklish. (His emphasis, not mine.) He doesn't itch much, unless it's a more internal, phantom sort like stomach flutters or restlessness. He cannot feel broken bones or sprains, but he does experience the effects they cause for the relatively short time he's injured, like stiffness or the inability to use the affected limb.

what's a band-aid
For approximately the last three years or so, Oscar has been able to heal far more rapidly than the average citizen. Whether this is a delayed effect of his treatment at MagicPill or a natural ability that manifested at puberty is unclear, but either way it has given him a level of freedom that he didn't have as a child, which has subsequently led him to become quite reckless in a relatively short period of time. He still forms scars, however, and shows no initial signs of the ability to rid himself of them naturally.

rookie
Oscar can initially heal minor cuts and bruises in hours, larger ones in anywhere from a couple of hours to a day, and most broken bones in a week and a half. The larger bones in his limbs could take up to two, as would multiple breaks to the same bone. He can survive a fairly long fall (ten stories or fewer), provided he doesn't land directly on his head, but would not make it through a wood chipper.

He is not immune to disease and cannot regenerate lost limbs, though he would live through losing one if he could stop the bleeding long enough to heal.

sidekick
As a sidekick, Oscar can mostly just heal the same things he could, only quicker. (Minor cuts: a couple of minutes; larger cuts: several minutes to hours; broken bones: a week.) He can survive falling from a greater height (200 feet), but would still not live to see the other side of a wood chipper.

He is still not immune to disease but will see a marked decrease in the number of more mundane illnesses he has to deal with. Oscar would more easily live through losing a limb, but would still not regenerate one.

hero
Upon reaching the pinnacle of his powers, Oscar will most obviously be able to heal at a much more rapid rate. Minor cuts will clear up in under a minute, larger wounds in an hour or two, and broken bones in a matter of days. He will only get sick in extremely rare instances, and then only for a short while. He will develop a moderate disease immunity over time, but will not fully display this ability until he's in his thirties.

At this point, Oscar might very well be able to regenerate a limb, as his scars begin to slowly heal themselves as well. It would likely be a very slow process and one he would not ever want to be in a position to experience, but as far as he can tell, the option is there.

He still would not survive a session with a wood chipper without a very special doctor standing by.


Which area is the character based/from: Sewit


Age upon entering academy: 15


How did your character get their powers:
When Oscar was five and his brother Toby was three, their father volunteered them both for product testing at MagicPill Corp. In addition to other minor drugs that affected his hair and eyes, Oscar was given a lot of high doses of potent pain suppressants once a week for about six months, and was sent home between shots. Toby was chosen to test energy boosters once a day while being held indefinitely in a sterile dorm full of unhappy toddlers. He died about six months after entering the program, and because of the contract Oscar's father signed, they never learned the reason why.

When Oscar finally returned home for good, he was saddled with a strange power and a lot of anger, both of which he still carries around to varying degrees today.


Motivation for entering academy:
Oscar had dreamed of attending Sidekick Academy ever since he got his first invitation, but when you live with your drunk dad in the Floozy of the Week's trailer, you rarely get what you want, unless that happens to be roaches and used condoms. He wanted to rise above the life he had, to make something of himself that his dad couldn't mess up, and he's always been pretty sure the secretive school could help him achieve that goal.

He eventually did get invited to attend, but kept those invitations to himself, reading each one carefully before ripping it up and tossing it in the trash. There was no way he could afford to go himself, no one to ask for a loan, and his grades weren't good enough for anyone to sponsor him, so in his opinion, he had no way to go. The envelope he received this past summer was very close to being burned outright, but in the end Oscar opened it, just like all the others. Unlike the rest, however, this invitation came with an application for a full scholarship inside, and when Oscar saw the company that was sponsoring the spot, he knew he had to try entering.

MagicPill Corp. The ones who had given him his dubious powers in the first place.


Goals while attending:
While he is initially largely interested in seeking revenge against MagicPill and perhaps trying to figure out what happened to his brother, Oscar also just wants to be somebody other than a poor kid. As he grows up surrounded by heroes, he'll probably even eventually want to do some good in the world as well.


Strengths: observant, diligent, agile

Weaknesses: suspicious, antsy, deliberately provocative


Personality:
clever
When you're a twiggy little brat with problems keeping your mouth shut, it's probably a good idea to be observant and able to avoid or worm your way out of the numerous precarious situations you find yourself in. Oscar is skilled at such things as making promises he doesn't intend to keep and deducing which way you're going to strafe when you're chasing him. In addition, he's fairly quick on his feet, a trait that has kept him alive in many a tight situation.

fearless
With a fairly new and mysterious healing ability and no fear of pain, a lot of activities one avoids due to the promise of physical punishment open up as worthwhile things to do with one's time. Oscar isn't afraid to stick his hand in a beehive or run out into traffic or insult your mother, even though he still gets stung and hit by cars and punched just like everybody else. The lack of inconvenience that comes with having to wait to get better has made the results of these actions inconsequential, but to an outside observer, Oscar can seem a little unhinged in his lack of fear.

talkative
While he mostly finds himself using words to talk people into having sympathy for him or out of everything else, Oscar doesn't discriminate, he just likes to talk. He has no trouble telling epic tales about things like the waffles he ate for breakfast or his first ride on a boat, and his stories are usually true, unless you're asking him about his family. If he's speaking about his father, mother, or brother, whatever is coming out of his mouth is guaranteed to be a lie.

selfish
Oscar has not had a very stable childhood, and as such, he tends to cling to things he perceives as "his," whether they be objects or people or grilled cheese sandwiches. He's the type of kid to lick the cookies he wants to eat in advance, and the worst part is, he'll do it when they're fresh out of the oven because it won't hurt his tongue. It takes a rare individual to get him to think of them first, and he hasn't met one of those in quite some time.

not it
Because he's always looking out for himself first, it's best to have an airtight alibi before you do... pretty much anything with Oscar. In any instance where you both find yourself in trouble, he will try his hardest to make you his scapegoat, no matter how insignificant the punishment or how obviously he is at fault. Initially, it doesn't even matter if he considers you a friend, but eventually this trait will soften when he realizes he's lonely and is alienating nearly everyone he knows.


Random things:
Hobbies: Talking, running errands for money, making people uncomfortable.

Favorite food: Spicy things.

Birthday: August 24th

Zodiac: Virgo

Chinese zodiac: Tiger


General backstory:
Oscar was born to Gil and April Roth, a lower middle class couple, in the summer of 1997. His brother, Toby, came into the world two years later. Almost immediately following this happy occasion, April passed away due to an unanticipated pulmonary embolism.

Gil had never been one to deny himself all the pleasures life had to offer, but it was only after this incident that he allowed himself to drown in them. Oscar and Toby were largely left to be raised by kindly strangers as their father drank, smoked, and occasionally snorted their home away. For a short time, Oscar and his father were granted a reprieve thanks to their ill-gotten MagicPill money, but within a couple of years, even that dried up.

Between the ages of five and twelve, Oscar's life away from home was surprisingly normal. He attended school, where he was a slightly below average student, and despite his bizarre new hair and eyes, he didn't get picked on much. He learned that being quick and funny served him better than trying to be strong, but something about his attitude still kept people at arms length and he never did make many friends.

Back home, Gil has tried to be a friendlier, more responsible dad in recent years, but the bridges between him and Oscar have long ago been burned to ash, at least as far as the boy is concerned. He doesn't even want to try to get to know the man who essentially sold him for drug money, no matter how much Gil has shaped up and become a better provider in the last few years. When he is around his father, all Oscar feels is a seething anger festering right under his friendly facade, and he prefers to keep to himself around the house rather than risking exploding and having to deal with the aftermath. With the onset of his healing ability and the world of experimentation it opened up to him, Oscar has little reason to hang around at home much anymore anyway.

From an outsider's point of view, Gil is not that awful of a parent these days. He has straightened out over the past three or four years and now holds down a job at an auto dealership. He met a young woman named Penny when she stopped by to look at used vehicles, and shortly after she broke up with the man she came in with, Penny and Gil began dating. When he departs for the Academy, his father's girlfriend is really the only person Oscar misses. She genuinely cares about Oscar's life and interests and wants to see his father thrive, a desire that Oscar is happy to leave to someone else.


Looks department:
Hair color: Originally average auburn, now bright red. It grows that way without interference now, but his DNA hasn't changed and its original color is still the one his kids would inherit.

Skin color: Originally pale and freckled, now black and white. More of the same, except it's a tattoo, not a change that resulted from pharmaceutical testing.

Eye color: Used to be brown, repeat above.

Height: 5'7"

Weight: Skinny.

Costume: He can't feel extremes in temperature, so he generally likes to wear as little as is socially acceptable just to be a d**k and cause prudish people discomfort. Someday he might get a proper logo and costume, but that day is not today.

Other: Upon his acceptance to the Academy, Oscar had a row of sharp bony spikes... installed... down the length of his spine. Despite his healing abilities, they're still a little fragile, so you probably don't want to go poking at them unless you're looking to make an enemy.

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rp log

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| rookie >> sidekick | sidekick >> hero/??? | hero >> OVER 9000 | credits |

 

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rookie >> sidekick

• 10 points
  
• journal set up (1 pt)
  
• at least one journal entry detailing how and why you came to SA (1 pt)
  
• growth quest

As a general rule, journal entries (with quality and substance) and solos are worth 1 point, RPs are worth 2 points, and missions will vary depending on the nature and its difficulty.

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| rookie >> sidekick | sidekick >> hero/??? | hero >> OVER 9000 | credits |

 

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sidekick >> hero/???

• 35/40 points
  
• made up of RPs, journal entries, etc
  
• growth quest
  
• Possible alternative paths
  Anti-Hero (Extreme force and questionable morals)
  Fallen Hero (Disgraced or conflicting motives)
  Hero Agent (Behind-the-scenes techie or sleuth)
  Villain (Whole different can of worms...)

As a general rule, journal entries (with quality and substance) and solos are worth 1 point, RPs are worth 2 points, and missions will vary depending on the nature and its difficulty.

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| rookie >> sidekick | sidekick >> hero/??? | hero >> OVER 9000 | credits |

 

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hero >> OVER 9000

• it is a mystery

As a general rule, journal entries (with quality and substance) and solos are worth 1 point, RPs are worth 2 points, and missions will vary depending on the nature and its difficulty.

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| rookie >> sidekick | sidekick >> hero/??? | hero >> OVER 9000 | credits |

 

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credits

Thanks and credits go to everyone at Sidekick Academy, but especially Shnazz for Oscar's official art!

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