Player info: Player Name: Owen Kuhn E-mail Address: Masa_the_Evil@hotmail.com AIM: Little Masaouki ICQ: 20640016 MSN: little_masaouki Cerebro Scan Subject: Dual Real Name: Mike and Mark Alios Age: 17 Birthday: June 12 Height: 6'2" and 6'1" Weight: 160 and 156 Build: Wirey Skin Tone: Fair Eyes (shape and color): narrow blue Hair (Texture, Color, Length): shoulder length platinum blond Group Affiliation: X-men Clothing: Generally wears jeans and identical t-shirts, generally sporting a yinyang or twin orobos (two dragons eating eachothers tails, forming a circle) or some other unity symbol. Always wears his oversized leather jackets; black with brown sleves, and a red and blue yinyang on the back. Often wears shades, similar to Cyclops's except not made out of ruby quartz. Uniform: His uniform is the standard gold X on a blue jumpsuit on one side, but the other side it inverts so it's a blue X on a yellow jumpsuit. His second uniform is a mirrored version of the first one. Jewelry: no jewelry Identifying Features: none Attributes: Physical: (1-weak human, 2-human, 3-exceptional human, 4-human limitations, 5-6 weak mutant enhancement, 7-8 moderate mutant enhancement, 9-10 extordinary mutant enhancement) Strength- 3 Intelligence- 6 Stamina- 3 Speed- 3 Fighting ability- 7 when together, 3 when apart. Mutant:(1-3 weak mutant ability, 4-6 moderate mutant ability, 7-9 extrodinary mutant ability, 10-godlike) Telekenetic - 5 Telepathic - 5 Power Description, Workings, & Limitations: In addition to his perfect connection between his two bodies, Dual has rather impressive telekenetic and telepathic powers. Unlike most people who's psychic avatars reside (as best as can be explained to non-psychics) inside their heads, Dual's avatar resides in between the two minds. Thus he controls both bodies perfectly, with no one being the "primary" body. Physically, however the two bodies are completely seperate. Like twins, they have not grown at the exact same rate, hence the minor difference in height and size, and physical damage is seperate. To clarify; if one was to run high voltage through one body, it would incapacitate that body, and cause significant distraction to Dual's avatar, but the other body would be able to still function physically fine. He can pick up small objects (nothing heavier than a brick) with a casual thought. Anything heavier than that (up to a person) can be picked up with focused concentration. Pulling all of one of his two attentions onto a task will allow him to pick up anything up to the weight of a car, while if he focuses his entire mind on a task, he can pick up a tank. Note that either both selves must be present to do this, or else whichever one isn't present will have to go into a complete shut down. Telepathically, he can detect the presence of mental activity (animal or human), or extreme emotions (active hate or fear for example) as simple as a regular sense. If he focuses a bit, he can pick up surface thoughts and emotions, while full concentration of one half of his attention will allow him to communicate completely mentally and explore the subject's conscious mind, assuming the subject is willing. If not, it becomes a contest of wills. To fully enter the subjects mind, he must, as always, send in his avatar, and thus his entire concentration is needed. Skills(list only): acrobatics sword fighting staff fighting karate pool advanced mathmatics driving (particuarly bikes) History: Dual is one of the most unusual mutants I've ever seen. He is a rare case of birth-mutant, one who was born with their mutant powers already manifested. In Dual's case, what his parents thought were twins, was actually a single individual who inhabited two bodies. At first, his parents did not realize there was anything unique about their "children," and they christened them Mark and Mike. However, as Dual learned to talk, it quickly became aparent that they shared the same mind. His parents couldn't cope with the concept that there was only one child. His father came to the conclusion that there were in fact two children, but one of them had dominated and destroyed the other. He and his wife abandoned Dual in the German woods. Dual's story would have ended here, if it were not for the Munich circus passing by. A young Kurt Wagner, also known as the Amazing Nightcrawler, quickly realized what he was, and convinced the circus to take him in. He worked in the circus to make his living. First he helped clean and take care of the animals, but at the early age of five, he joined the show with an amazingly organized juggling act. He moved on from there to the trappeze by seven, often doing unbelievable stunts with Nightcrawler. At age nine, he was performing his own stunts in the center ring. Actually he was performing them all over the three rings, as it was a fantastic sword fight with himself (and several other acrobats at points, but mostly just him) that took him all over the stage, up onto the trapeeze and finally the high wire. The fight ends with one self "dying" and cutting the rope in revenge, at which point they both swing safely to the nets on the side, using the now broken highwire. This was his first poster stunt, and was billed as the "Dual Swords: An Amazing Sword Battle Between the Fantastic Dual Twins." Dual enjoyed his carreer, but it always bothered him that his posters refered to him as "The Dual Twins." He realized early in his life that very few people in the world could really grasp the concept that he was in fact a single person, but this was now a constant reminder of it. About seven years ago, at age ten, after a year of being the prime part of the show, he left the circus and traveled to the states for reasons unknown. It appears that he was seeking out my institution, in hopes of finding others who could understand him. It was a logical choice, as mutants with telepathic powers have an easier time relating to his situation, having the ability to see the mental connections fusing two brains into one mind. He has studied under myself and my teachers for the past three years, his unusual mind allowing him to quickly make up for his less than normal childhood education. Although occasionally troublesome, his super human mind has made him a promising candidate for leadership of the gold team. Personality: Dual is quite a handful. His twin brains allow him to focus completely on two different tasks at the same time, no matter how envoloping each of them is. The downside is that his mental state has given him a rather limited attention span, and he quickly becomes bored with most entertainment, particularly if one of his bodies is focused on more important, but less exciting events, such as schoolwork. The end result is that he often putters around, playing at one thing for a bit, then switching to another. If both halves of him are on freetime his attention span picks up a bit, but not much. Unfortunately, the actions which offer him the most distraction are less than wholesome. Other than pool, which is a favorite of his,he also favors pranks and dangerous stunts, particularly involving his motorcycle. The silver lining is that he takes any dangerous situation seriously, and will put all of his fragmented attention into any risky maneuvers he does, especially in the danger room. Slightly more troublesome is his occasional bouts of depression. Although partially caused by a mild chemical disbalance in his brains, I feel the real cause of it is reminders of how many out there will never understand him. Particularly references to him as two people, twins, or other such comments, as well as belief that there is a primary or cloned body, will trigger such bouts, especially if from people he knows. He feels he is destined to be outcast and misunderstood even in mutant circles; a freak among freaks. I am trying my best to teach him to overcome these feelings, but I fear the damage has already been done. Relationships with teachers: Charles Xavier: While Dual remains an exceptional student, I'm afraid he has become a bit arrogant now that his telekinetic and telepathic poewrs are under his control. He is a tad too carefree, and while I sense that he holds me in great respect, I'm afraid he's a bit too forward and casual towards me at times. He is really eager to learn to use Cerebro, but it isn't equipt to handle him yet. Incorperating a second headset into Cerebro is more difficult than it seems, and I'm afraid he may think I am stalling for time. Scott Summers: Scott and Dual have developed a brotherly relationship and all that it entails. Often antagonizing towards eachother, the two do share the "gearhead genome," as Scott refers to it. Although he complains often, Scott is very fond of Dual and is always ready to give him advice. Jean Gray: Jean has taken very quickly to Daul, being one of the very few who can accept Dual without hesitation. As one of the first and most outcast students of the Xavier institute, Jean has come to look at Dual as a symbol of what their fighting for and, although this may be a bit forward of me, as something of a son. She has taken particular interest in honing his mental abilities, so similar in nature to her own. At first Dual was a bit put off by Jean's affection, but he has come to accept her as a mother guardian. Ororo Monroe: Dual has never shared a particularly close relationship with Ororo. Although he respects her as a teacher and she treats him fairly as a student, she is a bit too no-nonsense for his taste. She has taught him much in the danger room and in class rooms, but she has also reprimanded him many times, so there is always a bit of tension between them. Hank McCoy: Hank has become something of a mentor to Dual, pushing him in the fields of physics and mathmatics while finding entertaining ways to challenge his mind. Although not as close as Jean or Scott, the two still have developed something of a bond, and Dual is one of the first people Hank calls on for help with experiments, and Dual is one of the first to volunteer. Remy LeBeau: If there is a sore spot on Dual's teacher-student relationships, it's Remy. Dual finds Remy's more carefree personality to be a target for pranks and Remy is only too happy to retaliate. His pool contests with Remy have become showstoppers at the school, and have generated quite a bit of unauthorized gambling.