BLISTER Identity: Jeremy Porter
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Lowered Intelligence: -13, was originally 12, the immense amount of pain Jeremy suffers has crippled any ability to reason which he had. He now has no more intellect than a cunning animal.
However, this refusal to back down served him well, enabling him to rise to the challenge and, in his mind, escape his impoverished beginnings. He joined a gang during his junior high days, and developed a pretty flashy reputation. He was always willing to steal from the corner mart, or grab a lady's handbag. In his junior year of high school, Jeremy was caught by Luther Jackson (see Boom Box) after a particularly showy purse snatching. Luther, a member of the police department, had been keeping an eye on this kid for a while, and caught him in the act. After getting past the chip on the boy's shoulder, he saw a picture of himself as a teen. Luther realized Jeremy was trying to get out of the hood, move up in the world, and finally escape this socioeconomic prison. Luther also realized Jeremy was taking the wrong path out. Instead of arresting Jeremy, Luther made a deal with him instead. Jeremy would work hard in school and graduate, and Luther would be his unofficial parole officer. Seeing this as a challenge, Luther began to apply himself and study hard in school. A year later, another one of the gang members was arrested. He told everything he knew about the Danny Wintertree, the gang leader, in exchange for getting out. When confronted with this, he pointed the finger at Jeremy. After all, it was common knowledge that Jeremy had been seeing the gang less and less, while spending more and more time with this beat cop. The gang ambushed Jeremy and Luther, managing to knock Luther unconscious. The leader handed a bottle filled with a foul smelling liquid to Jeremy. Then, with a gun to Luther's head, Danny Wintertree told Jeremy to drink or the cop dies. Jeremy, having developed a father-son relationship with Luther, tilted the bottle up. The viscous contents oozed down his throat, burning as it went. Jeremy's vision went white, then red, as he doubled over. His body tried to rid itself of the toxic liquid by regurgitation. The only thing that came up was blood. The viscous liquid remained inside. Within 30 seconds, Jeremy's skin started to smolder. Jeremy stood up as thegang looked on. His fair complexion was quickly turning red, with blisters forming over his skin. His hair began falling out in clumps, with skin still attached. With a scream, he grabbed the Danny. As soon as his hands contacted the gang leader, a blister appeared on Danny. Other gang members began to run as Jeremy took the gang leader by the throat. Then Danny's eyes rolled up in his head, with only the whitesshowing. When Luther woke up, he looked around for Jeremy. Jeremy was nowhere to be found. In front of him was a puddle of blood. Beside him lay a pile of ash in a humanoid shape. Despite the DNA testing available, the tissue was too damaged to determine who the body belonged to. Over the next month, several more piles of ash turned up. With no way to test the burnt DNA, and no missing person's reports being filed, the police have left the cases open. Blister is ©2000 Eric Edwards. All rights reserved. Back to Characters |
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