Post by Hades on Sept 4, 2010 1:00:49 GMT -8
Jacoby Shadows
Alias: Jacob; Janet Greene; Neospider.
Age: 28
Gender: Male (Technically herm)
Race/Species: Hybrid (Symbiote)
Occupation: Criminal
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (Leans more towards Males)
Alignment: Evil
Type: Original
Height: 6' 2" (Jacob). 6' 7" (Neospider). 5' 5" (Janet)
Weight: 210 lbs (Jacob). 230 lbs (Neospider). 115 lbs (Janet)
Personality: Jacoby is a tough kind of guy, but can be a softy to those he shares a connection to. Hes smart, patient, a kind of an leader figure type. Always found life as nothing more than a chess game and every piece is just a step forward to checkmating the other player's king, and in his mind its him against spiderman. He loves to hide in the darkness, for it is his hiding place from spiderman and those who would want him behind bars.
Shadows has an addiction to stealing, a hard addiction to control when hes keeping a low profile. So he tries to steal things in private, at least when there's no attention upon him to get him thrown in jail; but it usually just happens when hes blended with the shadows when no one can see him. Other than his addiction and keeping low, he does tend to strike an interesting and flirtatious composure.
The Janet Greene portion of Jacoby's life, with her being only his disguise to escape the cops and Spiderman, is but just another personality of his being--more of an act of course to escape capturing. Janet is pretty much a stuck-up, flirtatious, and wild kind of woman. She always likes to be in the crowd, and if she likes what she sees she tries to get it; either by charm or saving for it.
Stealing is not really her thing, at least stealing objects; shes more of a heart thief, capturing the hearts of men [or women] and having them fall inlove with her. People who are not intimidated by her charms only think of her as a seductress, and say she could make good money owning a house full of prostitutes. For all they know, they could be right.
Voice Claim: Terrance Zdunich (Jacoby/Neospider); Parris Hilton (Janet Greene)
Powers: Jacoby can change his appearance and shape; but only as much as basic appearance changes to blend in with the crowd and avoid detection; and he has enhanced abilities that are similar to Spiderman and Venom. His abilities are as strong as Venom's, and his accelerated healing is almost rapidly abnormal but slower--closer to hours and minutes rather than seconds.
Schizophrenic "danger sense", a warning sense caused by the multiple voices in his head, its nothing like the "spider sense" of spiderman but maybe similar. The symbiote he is fused with looks out for him, and whenever there is danger; the symbiote warns him in time for him to react or to escape.
Spider abilities, which is use of webs, sticking to walls or ceilings, and having venom. The webs he uses are grey, perhaps with the tint of black; and their density, strength, and length are similar to that of Venom's. Jacoby can stick to any kind of surface, much like any spider can, as long as the surface is not slick with oil or anything that keeps him from sticking. The venom, was courtesy of the symboite, allowing him to have glands that excrete venom that could make he victim become ill [unless the victim is severely allergic].
Superhuman abilities Jacoby possesses superhuman abilities such as: strength that allows him to lift twenty-five tons and jump higher than forty yards, speed that lets him run up to seventy-five miles per hour, endurance that makes him more difficult to tire out within twelve hours as well as difficulty to injury or wounding, agility that allows him to be more flexible and agile than the average human being, and intelligence that makes him as smart as the normal scientist.
Strengths: He is quite equal to Venom when it comes to the abilities as a symboite; but the difference is that his regeneration is rapidly abnormal but only enough to last within the time frame of hours, and he doesn't have the weakness against sound [that was taken out when the scientists were creating the clone]. Jacoby is as flexible and fast as Spiderman but as strong and powerful as Venom, he is the equal of both and would prove to be an interesting adversary. There might also be a possibility that he could be immune to Spider-man's "spider sense" like venom due to the symbiote part of him is a clone of the alien being, but this possibility had not yet been tested or proven.
Weaknesses: Even though he's like Spiderman and Venom, he still has his own downsides: Jacoby's weaknesses is that he's not immortal or indestructible, only difficult to kill or destroy due to his fusion with the clone symboite. The symboite on Jacoby does have a big weakness, it hates sunlight and anything too bright: which means Jacoby can easily sunburn because of the symboite's sensitivity to light. Another weakness is that, Shadows cannot survive without the symbiote and vice-versa since their fusion caused their bond to be permanent.
Abilities: High criminal intelligence; extraordinary patience; knowledge of self defense and use of long range and close combat weaponry; incredible stealth (to hide from the cops), and manipulative ability.
Weapons: Whatever is necessary, but whatever he has on him currently are so far; Fists, teeth, symbiote, and feet.
History: Jacoby Shadows was a boy growing up on the wrong side of town: He had only a mother and was surrounded by crimes and gang wars. His father was murdered before his birth and his mother had to deal with raising him alone. Life was tough in the bad side, and he eventually had to be in a gang just to help his mother with their economic problems. During his life in the Gang, he begun to develop bad habits as a criminal and sought pleasure and interest from it.
He planned to rob the biggest bank in town, but the other gang members thought he was crazy and told him that it's impossible. Jacoby knew the risks, and he took it. He waited and planned, tested himself to be the best criminal in new york. By the time he was in his twenties: he started the robbing heist. He gathered several friends that were excellent for the job, he had it all planned. He was going to rob that bank, to help his mother and show the world how powerful he was. But little did he know, a certain spider caught whiff.
During the robbing, it took a bit of acting and alot of smarts to do it. It would've been perfect if Spider-man had not stopped by to check it out. Jacoby's hope shattered when he saw the red and blue costumed man--he tried to flee with his friends but the Spider eventually caught him in a web and his life was done at that point. Jacoby was thrown in jail to do his time for ten years since he was the leader and actually planned the robbing. No one thought he could be that smart, until the spider outsmarted him and ruined his honor.
Jacoby spend his days in the prison, planning an escape. But something interesting happened, he was visited by a scientist. The scientist introduced himself as Johnathan King and told Jacoby that he was working on a project and needed someone to test it. Shadows couldn't really believe it at first since he was planning on escaping, but never like this. He eventually accepted the offer and asked what the project was about. Professor King told him: they were working on a clone of the alien symbiote, Venom. They had to go a bit from researching the symbiote to even make it happen and they wanted someone to test if their hard work was paid off: they needed someone to wear it.
Shadows was taken into the labs where they began the experiment by putting him in the same glass room as the symbiote and made the symbiote attempt to fuse with Jacoby. First few times was terrible but when the symbiote finally joined with Jacoby it was a success. Well, it was a success until Shadows ended up completely fused with the symbiote as a human/alien hybrid. He had similar powers to Venom and Spiderman, but he could also change shape like a shapeshifter and didn't need a host to keep his form.
He escaped the lab with this new found power and decided to seek revenge of Spiderman for bringing dishonor to him as a criminal. But he had to disguise himself so the cops cannot track him and took on a female identity: Janet Greene. Sometimes he goes back to Jacoby Shadows after things settle and sometimes takes on as Neospider just to spy on his enemies and train on his abilities.
RP sample:
Cold, the only thing he didn't like in New York in the time of winter, but at least it wasn't full of the only thing he hated: the sunlight and it's brightness. He could handle artificial light, of course he had been in the disguise as Janet Greene for months, but it was the sun that he hated. Jacoby closed his eyes some, hugging himself as he was sitting on a bench in an alley. Not the best way to stay warm but if he walked out there, it could be a chance that cops would recognize him and send him back to jail. He had to lay low for a while longer, maybe they would forget about him and he could start up again, perhaps by then he could join some gang and work his way up.
Jacoby got up from his seat, maybe he could get a coffee, he did have the money to get one. He pulled his hood up to cover most of his head, and then walked down the alleyway and towards a nearby coffee shop. He entered through the doors, and got into the line that had only about four people waiting to take their order, most not patient but the man had no complaints. So he waited, until he was going to go next until he was suddenly pulled out of line and forced to sit at a table far in the back.
With mild surprise, he looked towards the figure that dragged him to this table, noticing that he could not distinguish anything as it was covered in shadow. What he can tell was that the figure sitting in front of him now was a male, and to cure his mild curiosity, Jacoby opened his mouth, "I don't suppose you are interested in an audience with me. After all, I was happy with what I was doing."
The figure snorted a little, answering in a shady tone of voice, "it wont matter, you'll get your coffee, but I have a proposal that might interest you." A hand gesturing to a waitress bringing over two cups of coffee, it seems this man knew something... and Jacoby had to find out.
Royal blue eyes slightly narrowed a little, what could this man offer? "And what could you possibly offer to get my attention? For what I can see from my point of view, you're a stranger, and I am but a confused and perhaps curious man. I just wonder if you aren't simply wasting my time." Jacoby replied, intertwining his fingers together on the table, voice slightly sneered of course to hint that he was not going to play games.
"I can assure you, Mr. Shadows, I am not wasting your time. I know what you desire, and I can help you accomplish that." The mysterious man said, taking a cup that was placed in front of him and giving a gentle sip.
The neospider's eyes widened alittle, "How did you--"
"Know who you are? Its hard not to notice, at least not one who is smart enough to tell. You were that boy who wanted to prove your skill to my men, and your plan was completely perfect; or would have been, if a certain spider had not found out." The man grinned a little.
Shadows gave a slight sigh as he took a drink of the coffee he was given, "That was the past, but for now I'm laying low until the cops give up. I know it has been a couple months but, you can never know for sure. I have to have it confirmed that they forgotten all about me," he glanced towards the darkened figure, guess he was remembered, maybe only by thugs. Or thug leaders. But what part does this man want him to play? His curiosity continues to bother him about it.
Alias: Jacob; Janet Greene; Neospider.
Age: 28
Gender: Male (Technically herm)
Race/Species: Hybrid (Symbiote)
Occupation: Criminal
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual (Leans more towards Males)
Alignment: Evil
Type: Original
Height: 6' 2" (Jacob). 6' 7" (Neospider). 5' 5" (Janet)
Weight: 210 lbs (Jacob). 230 lbs (Neospider). 115 lbs (Janet)
Personality: Jacoby is a tough kind of guy, but can be a softy to those he shares a connection to. Hes smart, patient, a kind of an leader figure type. Always found life as nothing more than a chess game and every piece is just a step forward to checkmating the other player's king, and in his mind its him against spiderman. He loves to hide in the darkness, for it is his hiding place from spiderman and those who would want him behind bars.
Shadows has an addiction to stealing, a hard addiction to control when hes keeping a low profile. So he tries to steal things in private, at least when there's no attention upon him to get him thrown in jail; but it usually just happens when hes blended with the shadows when no one can see him. Other than his addiction and keeping low, he does tend to strike an interesting and flirtatious composure.
The Janet Greene portion of Jacoby's life, with her being only his disguise to escape the cops and Spiderman, is but just another personality of his being--more of an act of course to escape capturing. Janet is pretty much a stuck-up, flirtatious, and wild kind of woman. She always likes to be in the crowd, and if she likes what she sees she tries to get it; either by charm or saving for it.
Stealing is not really her thing, at least stealing objects; shes more of a heart thief, capturing the hearts of men [or women] and having them fall inlove with her. People who are not intimidated by her charms only think of her as a seductress, and say she could make good money owning a house full of prostitutes. For all they know, they could be right.
Voice Claim: Terrance Zdunich (Jacoby/Neospider); Parris Hilton (Janet Greene)
Powers: Jacoby can change his appearance and shape; but only as much as basic appearance changes to blend in with the crowd and avoid detection; and he has enhanced abilities that are similar to Spiderman and Venom. His abilities are as strong as Venom's, and his accelerated healing is almost rapidly abnormal but slower--closer to hours and minutes rather than seconds.
Schizophrenic "danger sense", a warning sense caused by the multiple voices in his head, its nothing like the "spider sense" of spiderman but maybe similar. The symbiote he is fused with looks out for him, and whenever there is danger; the symbiote warns him in time for him to react or to escape.
Spider abilities, which is use of webs, sticking to walls or ceilings, and having venom. The webs he uses are grey, perhaps with the tint of black; and their density, strength, and length are similar to that of Venom's. Jacoby can stick to any kind of surface, much like any spider can, as long as the surface is not slick with oil or anything that keeps him from sticking. The venom, was courtesy of the symboite, allowing him to have glands that excrete venom that could make he victim become ill [unless the victim is severely allergic].
Superhuman abilities Jacoby possesses superhuman abilities such as: strength that allows him to lift twenty-five tons and jump higher than forty yards, speed that lets him run up to seventy-five miles per hour, endurance that makes him more difficult to tire out within twelve hours as well as difficulty to injury or wounding, agility that allows him to be more flexible and agile than the average human being, and intelligence that makes him as smart as the normal scientist.
Strengths: He is quite equal to Venom when it comes to the abilities as a symboite; but the difference is that his regeneration is rapidly abnormal but only enough to last within the time frame of hours, and he doesn't have the weakness against sound [that was taken out when the scientists were creating the clone]. Jacoby is as flexible and fast as Spiderman but as strong and powerful as Venom, he is the equal of both and would prove to be an interesting adversary. There might also be a possibility that he could be immune to Spider-man's "spider sense" like venom due to the symbiote part of him is a clone of the alien being, but this possibility had not yet been tested or proven.
Weaknesses: Even though he's like Spiderman and Venom, he still has his own downsides: Jacoby's weaknesses is that he's not immortal or indestructible, only difficult to kill or destroy due to his fusion with the clone symboite. The symboite on Jacoby does have a big weakness, it hates sunlight and anything too bright: which means Jacoby can easily sunburn because of the symboite's sensitivity to light. Another weakness is that, Shadows cannot survive without the symbiote and vice-versa since their fusion caused their bond to be permanent.
Abilities: High criminal intelligence; extraordinary patience; knowledge of self defense and use of long range and close combat weaponry; incredible stealth (to hide from the cops), and manipulative ability.
Weapons: Whatever is necessary, but whatever he has on him currently are so far; Fists, teeth, symbiote, and feet.
History: Jacoby Shadows was a boy growing up on the wrong side of town: He had only a mother and was surrounded by crimes and gang wars. His father was murdered before his birth and his mother had to deal with raising him alone. Life was tough in the bad side, and he eventually had to be in a gang just to help his mother with their economic problems. During his life in the Gang, he begun to develop bad habits as a criminal and sought pleasure and interest from it.
He planned to rob the biggest bank in town, but the other gang members thought he was crazy and told him that it's impossible. Jacoby knew the risks, and he took it. He waited and planned, tested himself to be the best criminal in new york. By the time he was in his twenties: he started the robbing heist. He gathered several friends that were excellent for the job, he had it all planned. He was going to rob that bank, to help his mother and show the world how powerful he was. But little did he know, a certain spider caught whiff.
During the robbing, it took a bit of acting and alot of smarts to do it. It would've been perfect if Spider-man had not stopped by to check it out. Jacoby's hope shattered when he saw the red and blue costumed man--he tried to flee with his friends but the Spider eventually caught him in a web and his life was done at that point. Jacoby was thrown in jail to do his time for ten years since he was the leader and actually planned the robbing. No one thought he could be that smart, until the spider outsmarted him and ruined his honor.
Jacoby spend his days in the prison, planning an escape. But something interesting happened, he was visited by a scientist. The scientist introduced himself as Johnathan King and told Jacoby that he was working on a project and needed someone to test it. Shadows couldn't really believe it at first since he was planning on escaping, but never like this. He eventually accepted the offer and asked what the project was about. Professor King told him: they were working on a clone of the alien symbiote, Venom. They had to go a bit from researching the symbiote to even make it happen and they wanted someone to test if their hard work was paid off: they needed someone to wear it.
Shadows was taken into the labs where they began the experiment by putting him in the same glass room as the symbiote and made the symbiote attempt to fuse with Jacoby. First few times was terrible but when the symbiote finally joined with Jacoby it was a success. Well, it was a success until Shadows ended up completely fused with the symbiote as a human/alien hybrid. He had similar powers to Venom and Spiderman, but he could also change shape like a shapeshifter and didn't need a host to keep his form.
He escaped the lab with this new found power and decided to seek revenge of Spiderman for bringing dishonor to him as a criminal. But he had to disguise himself so the cops cannot track him and took on a female identity: Janet Greene. Sometimes he goes back to Jacoby Shadows after things settle and sometimes takes on as Neospider just to spy on his enemies and train on his abilities.
RP sample:
Cold, the only thing he didn't like in New York in the time of winter, but at least it wasn't full of the only thing he hated: the sunlight and it's brightness. He could handle artificial light, of course he had been in the disguise as Janet Greene for months, but it was the sun that he hated. Jacoby closed his eyes some, hugging himself as he was sitting on a bench in an alley. Not the best way to stay warm but if he walked out there, it could be a chance that cops would recognize him and send him back to jail. He had to lay low for a while longer, maybe they would forget about him and he could start up again, perhaps by then he could join some gang and work his way up.
Jacoby got up from his seat, maybe he could get a coffee, he did have the money to get one. He pulled his hood up to cover most of his head, and then walked down the alleyway and towards a nearby coffee shop. He entered through the doors, and got into the line that had only about four people waiting to take their order, most not patient but the man had no complaints. So he waited, until he was going to go next until he was suddenly pulled out of line and forced to sit at a table far in the back.
With mild surprise, he looked towards the figure that dragged him to this table, noticing that he could not distinguish anything as it was covered in shadow. What he can tell was that the figure sitting in front of him now was a male, and to cure his mild curiosity, Jacoby opened his mouth, "I don't suppose you are interested in an audience with me. After all, I was happy with what I was doing."
The figure snorted a little, answering in a shady tone of voice, "it wont matter, you'll get your coffee, but I have a proposal that might interest you." A hand gesturing to a waitress bringing over two cups of coffee, it seems this man knew something... and Jacoby had to find out.
Royal blue eyes slightly narrowed a little, what could this man offer? "And what could you possibly offer to get my attention? For what I can see from my point of view, you're a stranger, and I am but a confused and perhaps curious man. I just wonder if you aren't simply wasting my time." Jacoby replied, intertwining his fingers together on the table, voice slightly sneered of course to hint that he was not going to play games.
"I can assure you, Mr. Shadows, I am not wasting your time. I know what you desire, and I can help you accomplish that." The mysterious man said, taking a cup that was placed in front of him and giving a gentle sip.
The neospider's eyes widened alittle, "How did you--"
"Know who you are? Its hard not to notice, at least not one who is smart enough to tell. You were that boy who wanted to prove your skill to my men, and your plan was completely perfect; or would have been, if a certain spider had not found out." The man grinned a little.
Shadows gave a slight sigh as he took a drink of the coffee he was given, "That was the past, but for now I'm laying low until the cops give up. I know it has been a couple months but, you can never know for sure. I have to have it confirmed that they forgotten all about me," he glanced towards the darkened figure, guess he was remembered, maybe only by thugs. Or thug leaders. But what part does this man want him to play? His curiosity continues to bother him about it.