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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keia" data-source="post: 1206090" data-attributes="member: 98">Character Idea:Josiah was always small – ‘small and wiry’ his elder brother Jonah used to call him.  With his compact size Josiah had a speed and a strength that was surprising for one especially at his age.  Josiah had dreams of playing football and being famous when he grew up and got off the farm.  He got off the farm – though not in any way he would even have anticipated.Josiah Blackburn was born in America in the state of Indiana to parents who were hard working farmers.  His parents owned the farm, one of the few single family farms of the age and area, until the war.  Josiah himself was hardworking for his age, only 6 at the time the war started.  Josiah’s eldest brother, Jonah, was ‘drafted’ for the war (not really, but the local recruiter had significant influence in the community and ‘encouraged’ Jonah’s parents to have him join the service).  Jonah never returned home. . . Everyone worked hard to support the effort, though Josiah only knew it was hard work.  The hard work kept young Josiah lean and muscular.When the virus started and spread, the demands on the farm were tremendous.  His parents could not keep up with the demands or the pressures of the needy.  In fact, Josiah’s mother was delivering food to a nearby city when it was declared quarantined for an outbreak of the virus.  Her final call home broke Josiah’s father.  He just . . . stopped working so hard.  His father lost control of the farm and was forced to work the land he once owned and cherished for much, much less than he normally would have made as the owner.  News of the virus cure, was the final objective that prompted elder Blackburn to action.  He sent his youngest son Josiah and his daughter of fifteen, Mary, to be vaccinated.  On the journey, Mary came down with the virus symptoms and was tossed into a quarantine by an angry mob (are there any other kinds?).  Josiah found that odd because she hadn’t be sick on the journey, and Josiah wasn’t infected by the virus.  Only later would Josiah realize that his sister was probably condemned  to death for a cold or allergy.Feeling even more small and alone, ten year old Josiah Blackburn received the vaccination and returned home to his father only to find nothing remained of the farm or his father.  Anger over a lack of production or simply an act of vandalism had destroyed all that there was.  Josiah returned to the city where he got the vaccination, and ended up in an overcrowded orphanage, hunger and alone.  Due to the torments of the bigger kids, Josiah often slipped out of the orphanage and played the streets in the interim, searching for goods that had been left behind in empty buildings – occasionally finding enough to sell to companies, eat well and survive.A fateful sale to a particular facility led to his scan . . .  and to a long, long sleep.  He slept . . . still dreaming of being famous some day.Abilities:Just describing the abilities of Josiah: I would like for him to have shrinking, though retaining his strength.  I figure super dex and str linked to it and only active when shrinking was active (hopefully applying as flawed [continuous to sustained] extras to shrinking).  A dab of super speed and regen would wrap things up. I don’t see him having any disadvantages. Sort of the Atom (without the atomic furnace, which I don't think would fit the mutant source, or my background story).Personality:Josiah is well mannered and quiet.  When forced to talk, his speech is littered with “Ma’am” and “Sir” regardless of person.  Josiah is a country boy at heart, has a large welcome smile and bright eyes - looking for the good in someone else presented with evidence to the contrary.  Through all of his travails, Josiah has remained a religious person, believing in purpose and a higher order.  Due to his troubles at the orphanage, Josiah works hard not to be noticed.  When cornered or otherwise threatened, Josiah unleashes his anger and frustration upon those that threaten him, forgetting his manners and upbringing and fighting like a wild animal.  It’s always the quiet ones, isn’t it?Appearance:Josiah is just a shade under five foot tall and weighs around 130 pounds.  Many assume, due to his small size, that Josiah is much younger than he actually is.  He has shoulder length brown hair that just seems to have a mind of its own – making mothers around the world want to reach out and fix it.   His green eyes cloud to grey when angered or upset.  His skin has that ‘I was well tanned once’ look to it.</blockquote>

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