Jason Reid

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Summary

Jason was a cheerful cat-collecting geek with a talent for video games and a love of tequila, who managed to prove himself a pretty effective Seal despite his hilariously wimpy power.

Now he dead from Caleb.

Basics

Age: 19
Birthdate: August 4, 1979
Zodiac: Leo
Occupation: College student, studying mechanical engineering
Languages: English, 1337, assorted programming languages
Religion: Agnostic

History

Jason was a fairly normal kid, from a fairly normal family, in a fairly normal part of Sydney, with an upbringing that could best be described as - you guessed it - fairly normal. He did decently in all of his schooling, though his best subjects were math and science. He teased his younger sister Jess and was teased by his older sister Jen. He got into just enough trouble, but never too much.

He did always have a knack for fixing things, making things work, and spotting problems with things around the house before anyone else noticed - the early signs of his power manifesting. Between that and his talent for math and science, engineering was an obvious fit, so he headed for college, determined to get his degree and live it up while doing so.

Upon arriving at the community, he quickly settled right into his role as a Seal and ended up with half his team crushing on him. He mostly acted as strategist and general motivator, but did defuse the bombs intended to destroy Harbor Bridge on New Year's Eve, and later got a concussion while trying (and failing) to save the Queen Victoria Building.

When Caleb Alchin kidnapped and impersonated his twin brother Max, Jason figured out the deception before anyone else. So Caleb stabbed him in the lung.

I'll write a better history later, really.

Personality

Jason is a geek.

However, he sees nothing shameful in this, cheerfully admits to being a geek, then goes right back to playing too many video games and slipping Zero Wing quotes into everyday conversation. He owns multiple computers, imports video games, spends way too much time reading 4chan, and could find his way around the internet blindfolded and with one hand tied behind his back.

Aside from the geekiness, he's laid-back, cheerful, and has the attitude that life is a party, and he's damned well not going to be the boring guy who stands in the corner and ends up leaving early. He makes friends easily (provided they're willing to put up with a bit of sarcasm, odd geek humor, and random bouts of capslocking), and he won't back out on the friends he's got.

He's also a highly enthusiastic drinker with a liver of steel, and has a tendency to adopt stray cats on a whim.

Powers

In simplest possible terms, the ability to see how things work by looking at them. This covers a variety of potential situations, however. Jason can look at anything from one of the six simple machines on up to a space shuttle or a nuclear reactor and know how it works, how to use it, and if something isn't working properly, how to fix it. He can see structural weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and suchlike. He can detect problems in the physical functioning of other people, although mental problems are beyond his ability, and if looking at another person involved in the end of the world, he can determine their powers and any physical weaknesses that might be exploited - though once again, he can't sense mental weaknesses.

(It made sense to his player, at least?)

Relationships

• Jessica Reid, younger sister.
• Jennifer Reid, older sister.
• Molly Sullivan, girlfriend.
• Seth Balfour, roommate.
• Sheridan Reeves, almost-girlfriend and good friend.
• Max Alchin, the other half of the Seal Wonder Duo.
• John Kay, roommate.

Other

Jason was played by Iris, and his journal may be found at lookingthrough. His PB is Sohma Kyou from Fruits Basket, who is property of Takaya Natsuki.