Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12
Hobbies and Interests: Gymnastics, cooking, babysitting, drinking
Gift: Luck Charm
Power Details: Joel appears to be capable of manipulating probabilities, to the point that he appears to choose whether or not people have good luck or bad luck. In reality, he is able to telepathically influence others into making micro-corrections that can either make them do things better or worse. This, in turn, creates a small aura around them that can give the same effect to others, creating what is seen as good or bad luck based on the manipulated person's own decisions as well as the world around them.
Limitations and Drawbacks: Joel is unable to use his Gift on himself, and as such must rely on his own skills rather than his Gift. He must have a good amount of focus to use his Gift, because while he has a great amount of practice, assuring that the effects are positive or negative requires active attention rather than leaving the action in the back of his mind. This, in turn, means that he is only able to affect one or two people at a time, and even splitting his focus on two different people can overwork his Gift, giving him intense headaches. Finally, while Joel is able to choose whether or not the effects of his Gift are positive or negative, he is unable to directly choose what decisions are made and therefore unable to predict the exact outcomes of using his Gift, instead vaguely pushing people into making good or bad decisions.
Appearance: Joel stands at exactly 4’ 10” and weighs 125 lbs. What he lacks in height he mainly makes up for in muscle, his body being very muscular due to his gymnastics, to the point of having a six pack. His skin is a warm ivory color, which is matched with light brown hair, brushed down and left unstyled if not covered by a hat. Joel’s face is oval shaped, paired with a medium sized hero nose, round hazel eyes with noticeable bags, slightly bushy eyebrows, thin lips, and a small bit of stubble to form a five o’clock shadow, purposely grown and left alone so that he looks older.
Joel has a tendency to dress casually for most occasions, no matter the circumstances, as he has a general disinterest in fashion for the most part, at most just wearing things his siblings suggest he should wear. On the day of the trip, he wore a black t-shirt with a white four point diamond design on the front, a dark gray hoodie left unzipped, a pair of light blue jeans, white ankle socks, and black slip-on Vans with a pattern of white five point stars. At the insistence of Sasha, he also wore a black beanie with white spots she had knitted.
Background:
- Joel was born October 11th, 2003, in Bend, Oregon. The first child of Heath and Jemma Foster, a veterinarian and surgeon respectively, he would not be the last. The upper-middle class couple would have five more children; fifteen-year-old Martin, twelve-year-old Fox, six-year-old Sasha, and twin one-year-olds Ace and Olive.
- Joel had a strong interest in rolling and tumbling when he was small, which both his parents took note of. Wanting to prepare him in case he keeps this interest as he grows up, they signed him up for gymnastics classes at two years old. While he’s grown out of the beginner’s class, he still regularly practices gymnastics and participates in competitions.
- There was some difficulty in recognizing Joel’s Gift when it first manifested. It was first suspected to be an aura of good luck, as Martin’s birth went extremely well once Heath arrived with Joel, as well as several other operations at the hospital that night. After a childish feud with Heath led to several accidents at home, including nearly falling down the stairs, the parents sought out a specialist and had Joel professionally examined.
- Due to both of them having time consuming jobs, Heath and Jemma tend to be out of the house more often than not. Joel, being the oldest, was the one the parents trusted most, and as such was the one looking after the younger kids the most. This has led him to learn a number of useful life skills, such as cooking and first aid, the former of which he greatly enjoys.
- While Joel loves his family, he finds it stressful to be in charge of his siblings so often, resenting his parents somewhat for making him a ‘third parent’ in his own words. He attempts to relieve the stress at times by drinking from his parents’ liquor cabinet. While he has avoided being discovered by his parents, both Martin and Fox are aware of his habit.
- Joel regularly uses his Gift in a variety of ways. When babysitting his siblings he uses it to make sure their activities are less likely to end badly, Sasha rarely pricking herself when knitting and Fox never breaking a bone when attempting parkour. When in school he has a tendency to use his Gift on people he dislikes, the principal tripping on air when near him.
- Joel used his Gift during a gymnastics competition once, believing he could get away with it, but due to it causing an injury he chose to never do so again.
- Academically Joel is rather average, regularly getting Cs and Bs for grades, the only class not following that trend being physical education, which he has an A in.
- Joel’s plans after graduation is to attend cooking school, hoping to become a professional chef.
Other Skills: Gift Expertise, Basic First Aid
