Noah Savage | Criminal ●

[Noah Savage]

Name: Noah Jeremiah Savage Age: 23 Gender: male Sexuality: demisexual Faction: Criminal Occupation: Biology / A&P Teacher Playby: HIIRO NO KAKERA SHIN TAMAYORI HIME DENSHOU, Suwa Kyousuke Traits Positive Level headed Cunning Planning Concise Meticulous Careful Intrinsic Negative Co-dependent Monotone Listless Hard time feeling and sorting out emotions Sociopathic Naturally destructive Grim Calm, silent, and aloof, Noah comes off initially as disinterested din the world around him. He speaks when spoken to but is not one known to carry a conversation for a long period of time unless under very specific circumstances (such as when he is explaining things in the classes he teaches). Attempts to connect with him socially often earn a simple stare, careful answers, but very few social connections and fewer emotions. He isn’t interested in movie star happenings, TV shows, games, or even the weather. He doesn’t even get up a lot of tone for the sciences he teaches. For this reason, most will find his nature generally bland, yet he appears intelligent on the matters that he teaches at the very least. Under this quiet aloofness are a cunning mind and a sharp intellect constantly ticking with thoughts and ideas that will never manage to reach his features or words. Despite appearances, Noah does have interests, yet what keeps him from connecting with others is a mixture between lack of want and lack of emotional fuel. He doesn’t really care for others outside of Eli and doesn’t attempt to. Thus connecting to or helping others comes off as superfluous without a means to an end. Certainly if there is a goal to be met, he can attempt to show more care but he is out of practice and finds it difficult at best. History A single mother had a set of identical twins one of them being named Noah the other named Elijah. While healthy at birth, the babies were a difficulty to provide for, and their mother worked two jobs just to put food on the table. More often than not in those early years, a young babysitter was their caretaker, and for a time, Noah associated both his mother and this girl as being both his mothers. However, the ‘at arm’s length’ tendencies that the sitter had frequently employed would slowly become apparent to Noah as he grew, and he would become shy towards everyone except Elijah. Eli had been there for as long as he could remember, was his mirror image, and therefore was the one in Noah’s mind that would always be there. Early on, his caretaker noted that Noah didn’t speak frequently, and even when their mother was home the young boy rarely talked to anyone but Elijah and even then in very few words. His mother worried but couldn’t afford to have him tested for the various mental disorders that could have been wrong with such a child. She always mentally promised herself she would and at least attempted to save up enough to do so, but something always came up in one form or another. When Noah was four, he almost went two months without speaking even to Elijah- though his brother seemed to at least understand his desires from body language and a sort of sixth sense that came with being so close to someone. During this time, their mother attempted to at the very least teach Noah some sign language to help him get by. If he didn’t want to communicate verbally, there were other ways, right? This proved to be an unexpectedly good outlet for Noah, as if perhaps the problem was that he did not trust his vocals. That was, for a short time, anyways. Thereafter, it became much the same as before, Noah hesitated on signing and only did so as long as Eli was around. Their mother wondered if it was perhaps it was the baby sitter’s fault but could never really prove anything and didn’t want to lose a sitter. Truthfully, deep down, Noah appreciated the outlet, a way into learning more words. However, it was expressing himself that was difficult for the young boy. Unlike Eli whose words and emotions came readily, Noah couldn’t express his own and sometimes found himself unsure if he was feeling in the way Eli was. It was strange how his mirror image could express so much more yet he felt restrained somehow. As time went on, Noah began to allow what emotions might have been strong enough to be expressed to fade away from him as well. Eli had enough emotions for the both of them and could express them for the both of them. When their mother died in a car crash when the boys were five, Noah, unlike Eli, seemed to understand it readily. Their mother had gone far away, a place they could not go to, and she was not coming back. She was dead. Despite being a child, he understood this surprisingly well right off the bat. What would bother him in time was his lack of feeling on it. He would look back later in life wondering how he could have been so calm, but then again, perhaps it was the seedlings of his apathy towards almost everything else in the world- aside from Elijah. Elijah had become his world at some point, Noah just didn’t know when, exactly. Without extended family to go to, the boys were placed in child care services, an orphanage for lack of a better word. During this time, Noah grew more and more reluctant to be around others. He disliked being crowded, disliked the noise, and disliked people asking him things. At the very least Eli was always there beside him, or when he wasn’t, it was for short intervals that were quickly ameliorated. For as anxious as Eli was without him, Noah began to feel the buddings of a similar feeling- as if perhaps Eli was actually rubbing off on him to a certain degree. Through Eli, Noah would find very rare emotions, and he clung to their wisps as much as he clung to their original owner. They shared everything with each other, did everything together, and the few times a parent came in looking at one or the other, it was made clear they were a package deal only. Despite that, they managed to get adopted about a year later. It turned out the man who had adopted them had lied quite a bit on the adoption applications— and was a terrible, cruel individual. The children were just a means to a monetary end, and that money was not spent on them. How that man managed to time and time again skirt the questions and some concerns of the organization set up to follow up on ‘new families’, Noah would never know or understand. The very brief memories he had of anyone coming over to show any sort of care were few and far between, and on those days the damn drunkard made sure to clean himself up and be presentable. The man also threatened to beat them if they didn’t act ‘happy’ whatever that actually meant. He never touched them of course, but it seemed the desired end was always met regardless, somehow. One thing was for certain, however, through time, Noah was able to come up with one tightly held emotion towards this man: hate. It was obscure how so much feeling could actually build up in him- after all, Noah felt rather apathetic to everything else. However, he grew to loathe this man because he made them suffer: he and Eli. He possibly would have been fine with being ignored if it hadn’t been for the fact there was almost never actual food in the house. He hated being hungry; it brought out such a feral nature in him that even Noah was surprised at himself. If nothing else, he had the instinct to survive and would do whatever it took to do just that. He learned the tricks of the trade: survival. Use everything at hand; everything was expendable. In those days Noah’s apathy became a weapon. He could care less if something was ruined so long as it came with a desired end. The only thing that mattered was that he and Eli survive. He was willing to work hard in school for that reason alone- since that damn man of a ‘father’ was ‘gracious’ enough to give them that. He was surprisingly academically astute perhaps only due to his mental maturity and lack of social conflict as a distraction. He learned many things rather quickly and learned just as quickly how to use them to his advantage. He took welding and woodworking classes in middle school, and while they were rather simplistic explanations due to his ‘age group’ of the time, he often did things that were less than legal to practice. He was good with his hands. They were strong, and he never wanted the possibility that he’d be incapable of something under any circumstances. In middle school, Noah also found a love of dissection. It was his favorite part of science, and he seemed to enjoy it more than any other student. His peers thought him a bit creepy, but his teachers were sure it was just ‘something boys did that they’d eventually grow out of’. What few expected was that this would become more than just morbid curiosity. It was interest… and a strange hunger. He started cutting up all types of things from toys to chairs that happened to get in his way, but he was careful in what he did- careful not to get caught. That man needed no more reasons to threaten them, and they needed him for a while anyways. Noah was formulating a plan, a plan to get away from everything and everyone. There, Eli and he would be free. It took time and planning, and Noah wanted it to be perfect. Once they ran for it, there would be no turning back and they’d be on their own for good. They could not return to their school or stay in the town they lived in or even the country they lived in. That man could find them too easily. Carefully, cunningly Noah got everything set up they would need. He managed to get fake ID’s and eventually fake passports to the US. He lied, threatened, and used anyone he deemed necessary, and by the time they were sophomores, Noah felt ready. Eli had been ready for a long time. In the night, they assaulted their sleeping adoptive father attempting initially to only restrain and detain him, but in a surprisingly unplanned mash up, their first murder occurred. To this day, Noah cannot recall what it was that turned the tie down into a blood bath. All he remembers is the rush of anger and vicious emotions burning through him and the blood stained all across his clothes as he mutilated the body like one of his sick dissections. By the time it was over, he’d collapsed to his hands and knees dropping the kitchen knife he didn’t remember ever having picked up. The one thing Noah did remember with clarity was the tears streaming down his face. He would never be able to understand those emotions, but it was one of the few strong spurts of them that he was sure he felt. It was only when Eli grasped him that Noah remembered he was there, and he clung to his brother trying and failing to get control of himself. When a fall out of that intense emotion finally left him calm and raw, he found himself looking at the body they’d made a mess of and feel the sting of something inside. He had Eli cook portions of it, and they ate their foster father ravenously until they were satisfied. It was the first time in a long time Noah felt full thereafter- even if his stomach wouldn’t let him keep the bulk of the contents at the time. After, he began to tick with thoughts of the plan. They cleaned up, dyed their hair, and followed through with the very plan Noah had been working on for so long. They arrived in the states shortly thereafter. With no money, no history, no background, and no other family to lean on, Noah found life in the states difficult at best. He had Eli at least, however, and they worked together as a single unit for survival. They managed to get into the public educational system, got jobs, and went about their days. While education may not have served them completely, Noah was sure it would help them grasp at status at least. He worked as a welder’s apprentice initially and then a carpenter’s during this time. The pay wasn’t great, but he and Eli got by and managed to save up enough to get an apartment to themselves. Thereafter, Noah started college. He worked several miscellaneous jobs in order to bring income on top of school and also learned a variety of things along the way. In college, he studied biology and had to learn to keep from drooling in anatomy classes. During this time, he and Eli also picked up casual murder. It started with a few minor annoyances that were targeted well. They would not be missed, and both were careful in assuring everything was cleaned up. It seemed after his first taste of human, Noah had grown to enjoy eating the flesh of others- over any other steak or meat. It was satisfying to him in ways he could not comprehend, and it wasn’t like Eli was restraining him any. Years of hard work in college granted Noah with a biology degree alongside a teaching one, and he and Eli got jobs in the same high school. He stayed close to Eli always waiting on him and always texting him. They’d go home together each night, and Noah had to admit now that they were reasonably stable, life was alright. He could feel alive when in the heat of murder, and he could feel…. Loved? When around Eli. Six months ago, Noah was approached by a god who gave him a power, insignia, and granted an intensely practical wish: that bones and remains of past kills disappeared for good and could not be led back to either of the twins. He likes his power. It’s useful. Insignia Level 1 Noah’s insignia is a black skeleton tattoo across his back that can be touched if he reaches over his shoulder. Energy Projection – level 1— The transition between pure energy and matter is impossible, yet Noah can cause pure energy to behave like matter for short intervals. What this means is that he can seemingly project solid objects from ‘nothing’ for short time periods, and what he projects is only limited to his imagination. Because these items are compressions of energy, they are naturally unstable in the world for long periods of dissipate anywhere from a few seconds to a few (up to 5) minutes depending on how much energy Noah pours into keeping them sustained. The eventual strength of this power will come in the versatility of what can be made. At this level, Noah is not capable of formulating very large items. The largest he has managed to create are dagger like items around six inches long with, and he can only create two of these at a time and can keep them in existence up to five minutes. Thereafter, he must rest and recuperate strength. This rest period can be anywhere from a couple of hours to a day depending on if he also eats. While in a state of behaving like matter, these items take on the qualities of their counterparts. They are as breakable as their counterparts (or even more breakable depending on Noah’s knowledge and resolve at the time) though the shattering of these items before they have had a chance to dissipate leads to adverse effects on Noah. In a sense, these items are extensions of himself, his own energy, and breaking them effectively short circuits his energy for a good amount of time. In major circumstances, it can cause fainting. In minor instances, it’s just extremely exhausting. Duo Capita – Passive – Noah’s familiar is a two-headed boa constrictor that he shares in part with Eli. Both of the heads can speak in that lispsy snaky voice, one sounding like an extremely effeminate man, the other having a more normal sounding voice for a man. The heads fight often, and the snake obviously has to stay with either Elijah or Noah on any given day while they are at work. The heads fight over that too, each having a favorite twin they would rather stay with. Noah finds them… an annoyance? Extra He is also the teacher sponsor for the biology club. OOC OOC Name: Nai How did you find us?: the force Other Characters: ---

[Neko]

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