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name Jacob Emmet Foley
meaning
Jacob comes from the Hebrew Ya'aqov; meaning “supplanter.”
Emmet is an English name which means “whole or universal.”
Foley was once the Irish surname O fogladha, meaning plunderer.
nicknamesJacob goes by Jake to pretty much everyone, but isn't above giving others nicknames.
gender Male
age 19
birthdate February 27 (Pisces)
bloodtype B
birth place Grove City, Ohio
occupation RPAC Welcome Assistant, Blockbuster Video Clerk
student involvements It would be better to list what clubs Jake hasn't tried at least once. While he frequents meetings of the OSU Swing Club and Philosophy Club, maybe he'll go to a Woman's Lib lecture tonight just for fun. He has earned a bit of a bad reputation.
academic standing Second Year Sophomore, 3.2 gpa
majors/minors Philosophy, Compt. Studies: Folklore (Minor)
schedule
WORK; RPAC Welcome Desk; Wednesday, Thursday 5:45a-9:00a, Saturday 8:00a-12:00p—A job to pay the bills. Jake puts in hours at the RPAC taking passes at the front desk. He is also as a student coordinater in the Outdoor Adventure area. He likes the job because it isn't all that demanding and he can use most mornings to catch up on homework.
PHL 250; Symbolic Logic; Tuesday, Thursday—Major intensive class. Jake thinks most of the kids here take themselves too seriously and that the information presented borders on common sense.
ENG 261; Introduction to Film; Tuesday—He signed up for this class expecting to watch movies. Instead, he found they would be reading movie scripts (with the occasional scene or two on DVD). People's interpretations of the text are fun, but the rest of the class is kind of easy and forgettable.
ENG 270; Introduction to Folklore; Monday, Wednesday—Jake added the Folklore Minor because there was nothing that seemed bad to him. Legends? Lifestyles? This is by far his favorite class. He likes to automatically disagree with other students to spurn debate.
WORK; Blockbuster Store Clerk; Sunday 7:00p-12:00a— They only employee him since he's been there since high school, but Jake likes to take advantage of the low pay/free rental situation by selling digital copies of movies and television seasons on campus.
likes Television, heights, his iPod, band buttons, piercings, Concerts, Buckeye Football, escalators, dancing, x-treme sports, spending money, old maps and postcards, 90s television, stolen street signage, movie theater popcorn, hangers on, (liquor) shots, traditions, explosions, dramadies, thrift stores
dislikes People with no sense of humor, stories from home (unless you're international), walking stereotypes, reality television, instructional videos, beer, dress sandals, getting caught, "personal space," sending emails, aluminum cans, orchestral music, lecture classes, caution tape, malls
hobbies Acquiring new clubs, trolling for drama, pranking campus houses, camping and being outdoors (clears his head), planning elaborate trips, dancing from place to place while whistling, being punk rawk, Outdoor Adventure Trips, faking accents, doing whatever
skills
Iron Stomach—Jake tends to always be hungry (and eating), but never gains a pound due to a high metabolism. He has a habit of sticking rather odd food combinations together (like barbecue sauce on anything or ice cream on waffles) partly because he enjoys the taste, but mostly because of the looks he gets from the audience.
Boots A'Made for Walking—Although generally patient with others, Jake is prone is a little bit of sparkly-poo restless leg syndrome. He can found pacing or tapping his foot constantly, but doesn't do well in lines. This also accounts for a bit of wanderlust over campus and the hobby of planning trips that probably won't ever happen. Jake has trouble sleeping, but stays chipper when only getting away with around five hours of sleep every night. He is a bit of a nightowl.
Hackey Sack—Jake is excellent at keeping a ball up in the air due years of soccer experience. He uses sometimes uses stunts to pick up girls, but has found it has given him (combined with dance classes at an early age) the ability to dodge blows in (drunken) brawls rather effectively. This comes in handy when caught in the middle of a prank&;he otherwise has a glass jaw.
The Great Outdoors—Years of Boy Scouting have paid off in giving Jake a basic foundation of first aid methods and survival skills. He still stays on top of his knots by tying them into the ends of his backpack when bored.
Speak Easy—Jake is not the type of person that puts stress on others. He radiates the idea that, hey, this boy isn't someone you need to impress. People have a tendency to drop their guard and relax while in his presence; inhibitions and reservations are shed easily. Some people have likened being around Jake to having a couple drinks. He makes people feel comfortable, appears to be listening, and often finds himself at the end of people's ranting or unloading.
Marlene "Marla" Osterfield was in love. She'd been that way ever since childhood. Her parents were a bit confused as to why their five year old daughter woke up to go to church three hours early and figured it was a phase, but Marla's love and faith didn't wane as she grew into a teenager too pretty for her own good. She was quite adamant that one day she would become a nun and get a free pass to change/judge people's lives (although her few friends were rather unsure on what order she was going for). Conveniently enough, she never got there. The Catholic Church had some silly age limit before entering vocations, and somewhere at the end of high school she found herself with a killer hangover and an unexpected pregnancy. Her parents were accepting and the father, one William "Bill" Foley, proposed and they settled down to have a boring lower middle class life.
This isn't to say she didn't give up hope for a better life. She simply switched focuses: her little Jake was adorable, hers, and would be successful. Bill was able to get a sales position at P&G whilst finishing his mechanical engineering degree. She took a job at a daycare center and enjoyed showing off her little pride and joy. Jake didn't mind the situation either; he was a rather agreeable child and enjoyed the attention he could gather with a giggle or funny face. That said, he failed to socialize well. A need to please the adults in his life (fueled by the idea he might be better than the other kids since he was so special and loved) led him to lie frequently in attempts to not get in trouble. He went through a phase of snitching and general crybabiness right around kindergarden.
Marla soon fell out of love with the newness of being a mother around the same time. Her job exposed her to a horrifying fact about boys: they got hurt quite often. Billy's traveling during this period left her all alone to make uninformed decisions about their child's play dates and ability to touch mud. She kept Jake under a watchful eye and began to do data entry from home to supervise his schedule. As her fear of the outside world grew, Marla's doting on her son lessened. She withdrew and and became a rather strict disciplinarian, filling his life reading, faith, budgets, and occasional television. He took to the last one far more eagerly than the others.
This isn't to say that Bill didn't have much of a say in Jake's life. He just easily crumbled under Marla's demanding influence. They made trades: while Jake would be home-schooled during grade school, he was able to join sport organizations like SAY Soccer, the Boy Scouts, and dance class (Marla insisted because it seemed less dangerous). Jake, figuring he wasn't liked because kids were just mean, continued to take this all in stride. Being under constant supervision soon wised him up to his own behavior: lies that were caught (especially if he insisted they were true) and met with soap in the mouth. He grew much more mellow and likable. Jake's hobbies included playing with a small group of friends, camping, knots, soccer and whatnot. He was content to run back to mom (or TGIF) when bullied or discouraged for being a bit prissy. Yet, little by little, he began to build a fantasy life based upon programs like Saved by the Bell and TGIF to combat disappointments.
On the other hand, he could see that the life he was imagining wouldn't happen at homeschool. He made a plan to go to any high school (expecting Bayside). Years of watching his father deal with mom taught Jake that the best weapon for winning over her over was a combination of patience and carefully placed words. A hint and a compromise every so often during (Catholic) grade school turned out to be enough to break down her barriers and gain him acceptance to Grove City High School (GCHS). However, his dreams fell flat upon his first day. The hallways were dark and he wasn't immediately popular. The upperclassmen were mean. Jake stuck to what he knew to survive. He continued in scouts, aside from deciding that he was Too Cool For This, and did well as a halfback on the Junior Varsity (soon Varsity) soccer team once learning to toughen up. Good grades meant that his parents wouldn't be too concerned if he came home late one night after a game or went to a party. He was able to change the impression that he was a bit of a goody goody and a follower by lying and hiding bits of his life.
What he couldn't hide was his frustration about life being exceedingly dull. Jake decided somewhere around the end of freshman year that he was tired of waiting for life to resemble a sitcom and figured that is was about time he did something about it. He dropped from the Scout Life completely and concentrated on making friends outside of the sports clique. Each week he would find a new, exciting niche. He was a drama geek. He tried the automotive crowd. Sadly, he'd inherited a little more from his mother than first realized. While pretending to be a skate punk was fun, he quickly fell out of love once accepted in the group. Thankfully enough, he learned that outside stimulants helped quite a bit. Jake brought himself into the world of partying, alcohol, dodging the cops, and teenage love to fill the void. Pushing himself also helped: he grew to have quite a reputation as a daredevil (with such memorable stunts are sticking all of the basketball team's jerseys up over the beams of the gym and something involving the chess club and pigeons) and ring leader while his academic record suffered. He loved the attention one could get by being in trouble.
Mom and dad didn't find this as amusing as Jake did. Frequent calls from the Dean of Discipline were met with heavy punishment and grounding. Jake's behavior still continued—he just learned that sometimes pushing people to pull stunts kept him out of trouble and provided a convenient enough excuse with the parents. He also went out of his way to fill his life with student council, pastoral ministry, and better grades to balance out any other activities. While Jake was responsible for quite a few senior pranks, the fact that he was so involved and asked the principal about his children daily seemed to decrease the amount of demerits he would get for the same activities. Honestly? The staff of GCHS (and even his parents) just got tired of dealing with him.
Graduation came and went without much ado. Marla and Bill balked about the idea of Jake going out of state for college. This, coupled with the fact that Marla was able to get a job in the OSU Bursar's Office awhile back with tuition assistance, cemented the fact that their son would be a Buckeye. He started college much like he started high school; concentrating primarily on getting to know strangers and the lay of the land. His freshman year seemed exceedingly boring from the outside&mash;he was that one guy who said he didn't drink (although he'd try it just this once just for you) and was fun at a part. However, Jake grew by leaps and bounds personally. The breathing room a campus the size of Ohio State provided allowed Jake to begin to juggle the image he presented to his parents and the new things he wanted to explore while living in a dorm. The urge to be bad was still there, but was now tempered with experience, kind words, and a pinch of self delusion. Even though some stunt involving cheerleaders, super glue, forks, and plastic flamingoes was enough to put him on disciplinary probation, Jake remained generally carefree about the lot of it. The dean was a nice guy. He could make things work out.
Another help was that his more self destructive impulses and recklessness became curbed by more innocent pastimes and clubs. Concerts and football games also served as a decent enough distraction: here he could get wild with the excuse of being "in spirit." He did well academically. So all in all, it was no surprise upon the start of his sophomore year that he received letters from some academic organization. |
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Marlene "Marla" Foley; Jake's overprotective, highly religious mother. They get along well if, by well, you mean that Jake is rather selective about what he shares with her. Marla generally chooses to believe the worst about everything (besides her Jacky) and has trouble not coming to the rescue when Jake gets into trouble. She stands 5'6 with curly honey blonde hair and works in the bursar's office. Jake keeps her at an arm's length so she doesn't randomly show up in his daily activities. She has begun to dote on Jake by doing his laundry and inviting him out to dinner upon realizing that he really is leaving the nest. This has thrown Jake off considerably, because all he can remember is how strict she was during high school.
William "Bill" Foley; Jakes' father. He has a tendency to succumb to his wife's more aggressive personality without much hassle, but provided a stable influence in Jakes' early childhood. His occupation involves traveling the world with P&G in order to supervise business deals with international engineering plants. His attitude concerning Jake's deviant activities has always been a kind of mild "boys will be boys" approval. Bill is about 6'0 with greying red hair. Jake views him like a best friend: they bond over stories of his travels and movie trips.
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hair What people notice first about Jake is his honey blonde hair, but only because he refuses to brush it. Jake has always had the hair that eats combs; it is both curly and thick and obnoxious. His solution is to just not deal with it. He keeps it at a length of about three inches all around in a state of permanent bed headedness. He sports sideburns, but trouble growing any other sort of facial hair. He rarely needs to shave.
facial details His eyes would be next. Framed by thick eyebrows, they are wine red and wild looking; he always looks like you caught him in the middle of something scandalous. He has a button nose, deep set eyes, ovular jaw, and a rather large mouth. His lips are full and pink. Jake wears two piercings (that he can stick an invisible retainer in when visiting back home): a tongue ring and one in his left eyebrow. His skin has a golden tone (aside from a general lack of tan) that is free from blemishes. He most closely resembles a young Elvis.
buildJake needs to eat a cheeseburger despite occasional trips to the gym and a stomach that cannot be full. Standing at 5'10," he is rather gangly and skinny with long legs and big feet. What muscle he has is all sinew, giving him little definition. His posture is fairly awful. Jake prefers sitting to standing, but moving most of all. Some people have commented that he would have made a good dancer (not on account of his casual rec activities) due to a natural sense of rhythm and grace despite a bad habit of slouching his shoulders when still.
style Jake's wardrobe is suffering a rather emo period: all tight girly jeans, tee shirts, track jackets, and flowery dress shirts. He wears a lot of yellow and grey, coming across as a bit of a punk rock poser with his earrings, thumb rings, studded belt, and flip flops. He has a tattoo on his left arm/shoulder picturing a prowling tiger that peaks out under tee shirts (but not polos). He's planning to get another soon.
habits Jake cannot keep still for the life of him [see skills]. He's the one in class who constantly taps their pencil, taps their foot during a lecture, or finds something shiny in the middle of a conversation. He keeps a snack of some sort on his person (mainly jerky or twizzlers) to chew on while getting work done, but is not stingy about sharing. If not snacking, he's probably drinking a coke. His laugh is loud and distinctive: you'll who know it is from across a room or the Oval. |
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Weekend Buddy; Jacob Foley is the type of person people choose to be around in limited doses. He comes across as kind of outgoing, wild, uninhibited and intimate. Friends have commented that it is like Jake knows what they need before they do (and he agrees). People are drawn to him because he has a keen instinct for finding what's happening on campus and/or creating a memorable time without hogging the spotlight. Yet, in the same vein, he is also described in very contradictory terms: being with him may guarantee a good night, but his company also promises to be very intense and overwhelming. He tends to overdo it and seems to enjoy breaking rules. The idea of "hey, let's go to a party" quickly turns into "let's get drunk, go out on the roof, and toilet paper Slate's house." The "but" is what leaves people only calling on Thursday evening as he tends to be in this state of mind twenty four seven.
Understanding Jake means knowing that he takes great measures to experience as much as possible vicariously. He views life much like a person views a television sitcom: small events become blown out of proportion and every loose end leaves room for another good time. This makes rather perceptive strangers be just the tiniest bit on edge, because he doesn't work to hide the fact that you're just a passing gig. His motivations are transparent: Jake really just isn't that into you unless you're 1) interesting, 2) vying for his attention, or 3) part of a crazy weekend plan. Even though he'll act like your best friend for as long as things stay interesting, many people have accused him of being aloof and space-cadetish. He's not the person you call with an emergency. Jake is ultimately looking to be entertained; not to grow as a person.
Good Time Charlie; Jake operates based on a lot of bull shitting in a social environment. He is a frequent liar and uses said trait to get into people's best graces. Sure, he knows your best friend... what was her name... from class, etc. Jake comes across as confident and charismatic, but with the inability to backup implied smoothness when things get hairy. He personally views himself as a modern day Zach Morris (schemes and all) mixed with a hint of the Gilmore Girls. To him, flowery words, pop culture, tall tales, and allusive references can solve every problem. He puts a little too much trust in his ability to get away with things and often most finds himself (and the others he can drag along) caught up in harebrained schemes and flights of fancy that end in the Dean's Office with only thirty cents to his name. It doesn't even have to be that drastic: His lies fall apart as quickly as he makes them because they're just a little exaggerated if you pry into them. Jake doesn't take it all seriously; he is the type of person who will openly admit to his bullshit when confronted. He doesn't hog the spotlight either—he works a room rather democratically in that there's time for everyone. While he may become a friend with everyone he meets because he's very open about sharing his feelings, he burns bridges equally as quickly with his word vomit, exasperating scheming, and stories that may or may not be true. Everyone has a different idea of who the "real" Jake Foley is.
Devil's Advocate; It just so happens that people often need a little motivation to play along. When Jake approaches a stranger, he tends to operate with a mixture of armchair philosophy (where questions never quite find an answer), Fight Club, and Guy Fawkes. Mr. Foley is always compelled to take the opposite side of any argument or situation and reads rather deeply into things that aren't that deep at all in an effort to push the envelope. He wants a response and gives everyone a chance before moving along. Jake enjoys playing the instigator when situations become dull and subscribes to the notion that anything can be made into a game. He is melodramatic and can never be accused of being boring. So while his perception of his own people skills is greatly overrated, others are still inclined to put up with all of his crazy because Jake can always succeed in making a situation more interesting between his bravado and playful attitude. He's refreshingly immature.
Enigmatic Contradiction; Jake is conscious about the fact that his lies and openness can only go so far, but he still believes that his bullshitting and schemes will work out in the end. All in all, he tends to operate with the assumption that things will be okay whatever happens and maintains a positive outlook on the way the world functions instead of learning from past mistakes. Despite being good at using words, he is horrible at saying what he means. Jake tends to babble like a stereotypical drunk (pouring out the compliments and playing up the gregariousness) when kicked in the head with reality. He counters this by trusting his gut and obeys his general instincts regardless. Jake communicates best and truest through impulse. He's a spontaneous creature who will hop from one idea to the next without any provocation. He is highly sensual as well, often ignoring personal space with lots of touching. This combination of being one's "best friend forever" one week and then no calling for a month both spoils his integrity with long time friends and confuses others. His flightiness ultimately makes him seem a little too hot and cold in romantic relationships or friendships.
Passive Decision Maker; Many people see Jake as the type of guy who constantly goes looking for a good time, but he is actually more of an opportunist. He lets situations find him and is quite patient and laid back when faced with busy work. His motto may well be: "All the world is a stage and there's always a show. Who cares about anything else?" Consequently, he lets other people drag him around and make everyday decisions for him without much of a fight. So while Jake is very nonchalant about activities that may be morally suspect but entertaining, he'll only act on his ideas if (he feels) someone else wants to go for it. He goes with the flow, letting other people make everyday decisions (i.e. where to go, what to eat, who to screw) for him while he supplies and acts on more outrageous options. This often lands him in someone's bed (awkward) or doing something illegal. Jake is fair about giving credit where credit is due and is rather impartial when spreading his affection about. He makes a rather low maintenance boyfriend.
Adrenaline Junky; The problem is that Jake just doesn't really care about casual relationships or serial dating. Underneath it all, he is rather unsure about his hopes, dreams, and anything not pertaining to the here and now. His motivations are solely self indulgent due to the fact that he is terrified about not knowing his purpose or having a master plan. He fills his life with distractions and temporary highs to compensate. Underneath it all, Jake is using real life drama, friendships, one night stands (he's bisexual, but not really interested) or the latest trend to fill what he's lacking in terms of direction. He craves the rush of the new and exciting, adrenaline, and that feeling one gets when pushing limits. While his need for more extreme stunts has grown by leaps and bounds since high school and freshman year, he hides it under an affable exterior tempered with what little common sense he has. Jake tends to be rather reckless not in the fact that he looks before he leaps, but that getting a high is totally worth the consequences. Jake is type of guy who got a tattoo (a tiger, right arm) at eighteen because the street cred would be awesome, but hasn't gotten into drugs because they seriously mess you up. Alcohol helps mellow him out, but parental guilt makes him quit time and time again. Jake is ultimately on a quest for self knowledge above companionship or validation and has no problem dropping people (or just ignoring them point blank) if they don't give him what he wants.
Trend Follower; People hardly ever ask Jake what he does in his free time and he doesn't bring it up. He balances out the rest of his schedule, the part where he isn't scoping out drama or getting All Jack Sparrow meets Tyler Durden on someone, and his alone time by obsessing over causes and trends. Jake is the member of at least twenty clubs on campus. He tends to find a different goal every week to fill in where needed, but goes from wanting to be a champion skateboarder to figuring out the hidden secrets of Lost within no time at all. He'll insert himself into new groups in order to feel the buzz of attempting to fit in, but quickly falls out of love with actually being emo. He supplies these temporary goals when questioned about his long term goals.
Goey Inner Life; Jake runs back to what he knows when faced with alone time or the inevitable period when real life settles in and life sucks. He runs home. Jake has always had a very close relationship with his family and still goes to church with them every Sunday. The one person he fears rejection from is his mother (which, strangely enough, is the one relationship he isn't completely honest within). Trips home always involve dipping into a preppy and conservative wardrobe and hiding his piercings/tattoo. He'll turn into a complete emotional train wreck if someone he meets knows or works with his mother (who works on campus). For these reasons he's hypocritically sober in the classroom and lets a shining report card and a disposable income mask his other activities.
Some might label all of this as slightly Oedipal. The truth is that, while Jake enjoys watching and interacting with people, his crazy social life has left him a little burnt out on the idea of people as a group. The notion that he might be too good for certain groups in high school has grown into a subconscious cynicism toward activities involving two or three people. He'll share his deepest and darkest secrets with others, but ends up sounding rather jerkish and nit picky when faced with conflict that he cannot avoid. Mom and Dad are only people Jake feels have stuck by him through all of his misadventures. He doesn't want to screw that up.
All in all; Jake is on a quest to feel alive. Unfortunately, his definition of "alive" was defined by television (Saved by the Bell, TGIF, I Dream of Jeanie) and a colorful assortment of movies. He's loud, confusing, melodramatic, and quotes Disney songs for fun. He takes having a good time very seriously and loves to fill his own life with distractions and excitement in lieu of tangible long term goals. He gets in trouble often and frequently, but stresses over the fact that he'll always have a place at home. Although not the type you'd call upon to be a practical leader, the Hoplite of Intoxication is good at pushing and inspiring people.
strengths Friendly, Undemanding, Appreciative, Confident, Easy Going, Accepting, Instinctual
neutral Deep, Passive, Intense, Passionate, Uninhibited, Mama's Boy, Daring, Low Maintenance, Spontaneous
weaknesses Self Indulgent, Falsely Confident, Liar Liar Pants on Fire, Contrary, Self Delusional, Bad Influence
alignment Mythos
name Hoplite Dionysus
elements of influence Primarily Intoxication and Release, but also Alcohol, Fruitfulness, Madness, Celebration, Excess/The Morning After, Promiscuity, Reincarnation, and Keggers
challenge Don't drink and drive
locket Dionysus' locket is a heart shaped box made of unvarnished cinnamon wood. A highly detailed relief, tinted by various wood stains and laced with gold, is carved into its center depicting a wild party containing satyrs, menacing women in fawn skins, nymphs and jaguars among a field of ivy. His symbol forms a heart shaped motif around the carving.
The most particular aspect of Dionysus' locket is that it seems to change from scenes of revelry into pictures of extreme violence upon different viewings and viewers. Jake likes to sit through his more boring classes and play with it.
color scheme Blackberry Wine and Brilliant Amethyst
symbol  Dionysus' symbol is an inverted heart/spade shape. Aside from being characteristically associated with sexual love and the grape leaf, this symbol was frequently repeated among the god's laurels in red ware paintings.
uniform
Laurels; Dionysus has a bundle of ivy leaves tucked behind each ear. In addition, he wears a headband (characteristic of the god's priests) wrapped around his head twice; enough to obscure his hairline. It is made of a fawn colored linen with two amethyst-fringed lapets hanging from each temple. The fringe only reaches his chin, but Jake constantly pushes them behind each ear. A cluster of round, red violet amethyst stones (cut to mimic grapes) and gold plated grape leaves is sewn over each seam, and the lappets are bordered with ivy embroidery.
Mask; The Hoplite's eyes are obscured by a mask composed of ivy leaves whose contour follows the browline, loop around the cheekbone, and circle back up to join at the bridge of the nose. The space around his eyes is painted with a black kohl and one circular section is cut from the mask to expose his symbol on his forehead.
Toga Dionsysus has a white toga that fall asymmetrically over his knees. It boasts a loose, drooping rectangular neckline. His sleeves extend down to his elbow, but are rolled up to mid bicep.
Breastplate and tunic; He wears a two part cuirass: 1) Dio's breastplate is composed a segmented leather scales each boasting a jaguar print pattern thinly trimmed with blackberrry colored leather. It begins at mid-chest and is sculpted to mimic the shape of a far more muscular man's chest. 2) Piano-hinged straps below the armpit and ribcage connect the breastplate to the blackberry-leather/amethyst-accented tunic and skirt underneath. The tunic and breastplate do not cover his shoulders.
Cape; Dionysus' blackberry cape hangs extremely loose. It falls off of his right shoulder (where it is sewn in the undertunic and clipped with his locket) and drapes across his back down and over his left hip (fabric falling just past his butt) to where it is sewn under the breastplate once again.
Hands/Feet; Hoplite Dionysus wears no shoes, but has amethyst colored wine stains (that taper into geometric patterns depicting ivy leaves) that cover his toes and finger tips to mid-arm and calf. They do not scrub off and readily stain other surfaces. He smells like some particularly fruity wine.
transformation Dionysus Power! Make Up! Jake, locket in hand, lifts said hand in front of his mouth and grins wildly before saying the phrase. His eyes burn amethyst as the locket opens and the party scene on the front pours out into reality. Jake lifts his head back to stare straight upward as steaming alcohol seeps from the locket, travels down his arms, and coats his form completely. The steam immediately begins to take on the ghostly appearance of giggling maenads, flute playing nymphs, and dancing satyrs. A pair of translucent jaguars, slinking out from behind his legs, stand on guard as more and more characters pour and flow from the locket with bits and pieces of his costume. Dionysus extends his left arm, pulling through the vaporous forms to gather them into a chalice covered with small grapes. He lowers his head to take a swig, but the cup fades before Hoplite Dionysus can drink.
signature attack Liberator; Hoplite Dionysus takes a step back brings an open palm up to chest level. He licks the hand before closing it into a fist and whispering "Thyone Eleutherios." A thick, glowing wine flows out from between his finger tips to coat said hand. Dionysus then must touch a victim for any additional affect: the liquid immediately becomes viscous and leaves glowing, amethyst-colored hand print on the individual.
Its effect on the victim is two fold: they feel as though their skin has been soaked in hydrochloric acid, promoting an itchy and burning sensation that stings like rubbing alcohol being applied to an open wound, and any powers cast during the next three to five minutes come out in a "drunken" or impotent manner. Eos' Sunlight Stampede will still work, but may only summon formless creatures that lumber forward slowly. Any Pandoras summoned after exposure or affected with this attack will exhibit limited depth perception, an inability to keep on task, and delayed reaction times. These effects will be discussed with the other player before writing.
Dionysus must touch someone's skin for this to work. The burning sensation lasts for nearly a minute, but really only stings for ten to twenty seconds before simmering into a mild tickling sensation. The power dampening sticks around for three to five minutes. After that, the glowing mark will fade away. Dionysus can use this attack once every fifteen minutes, but using it on two people at once gives Dionysus a killer migraine and general stomach queasiness. Repeat victims may begin to build up an immunity to the attack's affects, but the attack's greatest weakness is that the affects can be transferred through touch with the affected area. If Hopilte Zelus were to feel up the area of impact and then touch Sailor Bia, Sarah will find herself suffering from the same magical side effects.
skills, abilities, traits
Gatorade to Wine; Dio has the power to transform any liquid into alcohol. The type of drink produced differs greatly upon the original beverage: water to wine, coke to rum, orange juice to vodka, etc. This feat currently requires him to spit into the drink and might bleed into his everyday life upon future power ups. The product gets mortals drunk in only a few sips and soldiers in a bit more. Dio cannot summon cups.
Gots me a Reputation; Drunks may or may not be able to see Jake for his true form. They'll always say hello like he was their best friend, but Dionysus attracts drunkards like it was going out of style. His mere presence tends to bring out the worst situation possible (i.e. violence, debauchery) in those under the influence. Dio'll learn that this pied pier ability can be controlled; he has the ability to implant suggestions that the inebriated find difficult to resist. Call it charisma +5. He cannot egg someone into hurting themselves, and Jake finds it rather sad that this ability tends to wear off of its victims is he is out of sight.
Commitment Phobic; "They sought to bind him with rude bonds, but the bonds would not hold him, and the withes fell far away from his hands and feet: and he sat with a smile in his dark eyes." Physical means of restraint (rope, handcuffs) seem to slip off of the Hoplite like he was covered in butter.
The downside of this ability is that Dionysus finds himself pained to stay in one place for a long time. Spells and attacks that are meant to bind or paralyze hurt him physically.
weapon Dionysus can summon a mace half the length his forearm. It is inlaid with gold around the head and joints, but made of the same cinnamon wood as his locket. Fastened into the head are a series of blades that overlay one another like a pine cone.
name Walker
email walkermc (at the) g (to the) mail (dot) com
aim walks02
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