[Moonie Hayes]

Moonie Abram Hayes

FACE CLAIM: Avidan, Dan

♦ THE BASICS ♦

AGE: 21
GENDER: Male

ORIENTATION: Bisexual/Heteroromantic
POSITION: College Student, Assistant Manager at Stagfort's music store: Attitude City

♦ THE ABILITY ♦

POWER: Elasticity and Superhuman Durability

Elasticity power holders can become extremely malleable and elastic, allowing them to stretch, flatten, deform, expand, and contract their whole body, including limbs, torso, neck, etc. They can control how elastic/flexible they or parts of them are, allowing user to change their bodies into various tools or other constructs.

Superhuman Durability is enhanced fortitude of the human body. The increased durability of one's body can help it withstand traumas that normal bodies simply can't.



LIMITATIONS:

Elasticity is very susceptible sharp edges, so knives and the like can be very dangerous. In addition, Moonie can stretch his torso only twice its original size, and no further than four times for any appendages. Moonie's durability is superhuman, but only just. It seems his mutation has only gone so far as to minimize the damage his elasticity could cause to his own body. Between the elasticity and durabilty, Moonie can only take about three times the trauma a normal person would be able to handle before it's traumatic.

Moonie can only maintain a stretch for up to five minutes before returning to normal. Overuse can lower the range at which he can stretch himself until rested.



SIDE-EFFECTS:

Stretching too much may cause disalignment in the body when returning to normal, causing pain and discomfort. Frequent doctor checkups are recommended to make sure that everything is in place.

Restlessness at night can be a problem in addition to a very high metabolism, cause by the body desperately trying to replace the energy used. Due to the restlessness, Moonie may find himself sleeping for longer periods of time when he finally gets to sleep.
Loose skin.

♦ THE CHARACTER ♦

HEIGHT: 6'2"

HAIR COLOR: Brown
EYE COLOR: Brown


MISC:

Due to Hebrew blood running through Moonie's veins, his hair is very curly. His skin is also very strechy, similar to those with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, where the skin doesn't seem to be attached to the tissue.



PERSONALITY:

Moonie is a pretty laid back person; he just kind of goes with the flow. He's not really one for long drawn out plans or detailed goals for his future. He takes life as it comes, only really making short term goals for himself. He mostly sticks to doing the few things that are his hobbies, but if he's not doing anything, he doesn't mind stepping out of his comfort zone to do what others want to do.

Respect is a big deal for Moonie, and he believes that if everyone could just respect and be kind to each other, that the world would be a much better place. Moonie respects the opinions of others, and tries to keep them in mind when making decisions, or just living out his daily life. Once his trust has been betrayed by another, his respect has to be earned back, which could be difficult depending on the situation.

Moonie like turn based strategy games, where he can plan ahead and defeat his opponent. He's very eccentric when it comes to these types of things, and loves the competition. If he can optimize everything he can in a card or video game, it pleases him to no end.

Romance is important to Moonie. He loves rom-com movies and cheesy coffee dates with people he's just met, and the whole long walks on the beach shindig. Moonie believes in love, but isn't too sure that he'll find the real deal. He's very faithful to his friends and significant others, and tries to be as honest as he can.

Moonie struggles with commitment issues, finishing very few of the things he decides to start. He often decides to start doing something, but by the end of the month forgets all about it. He's very wishy-washy when it comes to life decisions, and doesn't like to stick to doing one thing for too long, unless he really really likes it.

Humour is Moonie's bread and butter, and he enjoys it in most any type of form. He likes to kid and joke around a lot, and sometimes he hurts people's feelings. Moonie doesn't ever try and hurt someone, except on certain occasions, but sometimes he can be joking around and accidentally offend or hurt someone.

Everybody has hard times, but sometimes those types of things can send people spiralling out of control into depression. Moonie is in a lifelong battle with depression, where his darkness comes and goes as it pleases. Through therapy and occasional self medication, he's been able to keep it from impacting his life too much, but it's still always there in the back of his head.


SECRET(S):

While it's not particularly a secret, Moonie doesn't exactly advertise his usage of marijuana. Many people judge people who use drugs, but it's one of the few things that actually helps him even out when he's feeling off.

♦ THE HISTORY ♦

Moonie Abram Hayes was born in a small town in Missouri to Fay and Henry Hayes. Henry barely graduated highschool and found himself working as an electrician at the time, and Fay skipped out on nursing school to stay with Henry after she graduated high school. Fay had one child already, a boy named Mitch who was 5 years ahead of Moonie. While Mitch and Moonie shared a mother, they had different fathers.

Moonie's early years were full of trouble, most of which came from his father, who was a raging alcoholic and addict. Henry Hayes was a walking mental illness, working hours and hours at a time on cocaine not to provide for the family, but so he could fuel his addictions. He was an abusive spouse. Henry beat his wife physically and abused her emotionally until she finally snapped. When Moonie was 4, Fay packed up their things, and she, Moonie, and Mitch all left Henry that night.

Henry wouldn't let it go. For a while he stalked Fay; he'd even show up where she worked. After a while, things cooled down, and the divorce was finalized. Moonie, Mitch, and Fay found a place with the help of assisted living while they got back on their feet. Eventually they were able to get out of it all, and it got even better when Fay got back together with Mitch's dad, Jerry, and moved in with him.

Moonie and Mitch had to adjust to living with stepbrothers, which wasn't too awful. Moonie caught the tail end of a lot of jokes and torment, though, because he was the youngest of all of the children. One night they convinced Moonie that wolves would come and get him through the windows at night, and then went out in wolf masks to scare him through the window. It was a hard time for Moonie, but he managed to handle all of the tormenting that his brother and stepbrothers dished out.

Henry ended his life a year later. Fay and Jerry sat Moonie down after he got home from school one day to deliver him the news. Fay never sugar coated anything to her children. She told him the whole story: Henry was running from the police to escape jail time for drug charges, and shot himself in the head. He'd always said that he was worth more to Mitch and Moodie dead than alive. He may have been right. Moonie didn't attend his father's funeral nor the visitation. He never even went to the gravesite even when he grew up.

Eventually things blew up at Jerry's as well, so again, Fay, Mitch, and Moonie moved out and found a place on their own. There, they grew very close to one another. At some point it even felt like it was Moonie and his mom and brother against the world. Moonie made lots of friends in his new school and finally felt some stability since he didn't have to change schools anymore. There for a while, it felt like he changed schools every month with how many new places they had to live, so it was nice to finally stick around somewhere.

After a while, Moonie's mom started dating again. She finally said yes to a guy who'd been asking her out for a long time. Rick was a really nice guy. He would even sit down and play video games with Mitch and Moonie, something that they loved to do. They were always either at school or playing video games. After about a year, he proposed to Fay. She agreed, trying to get hitched before her dad passed away because her dad really liked Rick, and his health was fading from the cancer.

Soon enough, the deal was sealed and everyone was living underneath Rick's roof. Times were pretty good, even though the house was crowded because Rick still had two sons living with him. After about a year, Fay's dad finally passed away in his sleep. Moonie and Mitch weren't sure if that's what triggered it or not, but that's where it all started to fall apart.

The Rick that they knew ended up falling away to show his true colors. He was a selfish man, who held nothing but disdain for Mitch. Scuffles would happen all the time between those two, leaving Moonie and Fay right in the middle. It soon became clear to Moonie that Rick only saw Mitch and Moonie as slaves. He provided housing, so the kids were to clean and do work for Rick, while he sat around on his behind. So much for a happy life again.

Eventually Mitch went off and joined the navy, leaving the house to just Rick, Fay, and Moonie. This reduced the tension in the home by a whole hell of a lot, but Moonie still hated Rick. Fay's health had begun to fade exponentially under her autoimmune disease. From here, the rest of her life would be drenched in pain and weakness. Moonie had to pick up the slack around the house, because he knew for a fact that Rick wasn't going to lift a finger to help.

Moonie's life might seem tragic at this point, but it never really bothered him too much. He was able to brush most of everything aside and stay positive. Everything became amazing for him in fact when he met Sydney. She and Moonie ended up dating for two years and loved each other dearly. They were truly some of the best times of his life. Sadly, they ended as soon as his mutation began to manifest.

Moonie was thirteen when his powers manifested. On a school day much like any other, Moonie had been sitting around in his government class when he began to yawn and stretch out. He'd just gotten out of gym class, and so he was a little tired. Moonie's arms began to stretch further than they should have, and before Moonie noticed what was going on, his arms put holes in the soft ceiling and blew one of the light fixtures in the classroom. This was the first manifestation of Moonie's mutation.

It didn't take long before representatives were at the Hayes's door. The few years after that went by in a blur, as Moonie sank into a depression due to the drastic change in his lifestyle. Moonie spent a lot of his first months at Bellefonte in a daze, trying out different doctors and different treatments for his depression.

Moonie spent the majority of his time at Bellefonte off on his own or online. His depression rarely offered him enough energy to participate an anything social, so he found himself delving into online communities for his social interaction needs. His studies rarely afforded him any challenge, but he would often get into trouble by skipping his classes. Eventually, Moonie graduated and started college at which point he was forced to declare a major by his parents. Even while having no idea what he'd do after his education concluded, he decided to choose business. Of course, he didn't care much about the subject, but it seemed like the most useful blanket major he could declare. This could get his parents off of his back, while also producing something useful for his future, even though he wasn't thinking too much about it.

Eventually, Moonie was drawn to the solice of music and medical cannabis which helped him gain a foothold after the school was relocated to Oregon. He quickly procured himself a job at Attitude City, a local music store, and a medical marijuana card soon after his arrival. Pulled out of his usual depressed and lethargic self, Moonie finally decided to try and become more active in the community around him. What's the point of living life if you can't make connections and enjoy it?

♦ THE PLAYER ♦

USERNAME: Drastic
AGE GROUP: 20s
EXPERIENCE: Off and on since 2007-2008
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