Malachi
Boer
The University of Sankarit
A boy battling secrets, nightmares,
and the magic that surrounds him.
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╰⋅✧⋅⋅៚**ʙᴀsɪᴄ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ **𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 +
WILLR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ MAXIR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
❝ Malachi Boer ❞₀₁ . . . / malla - kai / my messenger; my angel₀₂ . . . / bo - err / Dutch & German𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 + ❝ Kai ❞he responds to this name given by his friends, and has come to prefer it.ALIAS +
WiccR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
❝ Sandman ❞this is the alias he and The Green Goddess crafted together, both to represent his proficiencies with particles and the world of dreams.𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 + ❝ 20 ❞R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶
London, England, UK : 12:00 am- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
” suburbia hides horrors within perfectly plastered walls “
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R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ MARKED THE GRAND UNION BETWEEN VISR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ and SCARLR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ WITR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶, TWO OF THE MOST ̶R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ THE MULTIVERSE HAD EVER ̶R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶. WILR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ BEGAN TO SHOW EARLY WARNING SIGNS IN UTERO OF R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ AND WAS RELOCATED TO R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ FOR THE SAFETY OF HIMSELF AND OTHERS. WANDAR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ MAXR̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ HAS SINCE ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE WHEREABOUTS OF HER SON R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶, NO DOUBT WITH R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ INTENT. SANKARIT UNIVERSITY DEAN OF STUDENTS HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND IS TASKED WITH UPHOLDING EMERGENCY POLICY 37.3 SHOULD R̶E̶D̶A̶C̶T̶E̶D̶ OCCUR.Malachi was born to a Catholic household in a Catholic hospital. The child that was born had major breathing complications and was taken to the NICU. When they were finally able to visit with him, they learned he had neither their trademark blonde hair nor grey eyes. Still, he was beautiful, healthy, and ready to go home.He was brought to one of many cookie cutter homes. His father was a priest and his mother was a teacher. Money was not tight, but every penny had its place.𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒 + ❝ human - gifted ❞Did God create those with powers?
Or are they the devil’s work?𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄 + English, Italian.His mother was from Italy and his father was from England. Italian was spoken in the household often, though his father found it a waste of time to learn.𝐉𝐎𝐁 + ❝ student ❞No job. Currently seeking.** personality **LIKES
✧ ࿒ 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘
﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋➣ His thirst for knowledge originated from books growing up, as well as the realization of his powers. He scrambled to learn as much as possible about himself to better understand, control, and subdue his abilities.➣ Sweet food is an obvious one— who doesn’t love cake?➣ Music has always been an escape for him. It provides a moment of clarity in an overcomplicated world.DISLIKES
✧ ࿒ 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘
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➣ Most of Malachi’s premonitions and visions approach him as he’s falling asleep. He isn’t sure why, but he attempts to drown this out with distractions aimed at keeping him awake until he passes out from exhaustion. Transversely, he is prone to falling asleep frequently. This has plagued his life since early childhood.➣ Horror movies just scare him. He’s not a fan.➣ Malachi often finds himself questioning every decision he makes. He hates the concept of absolute morality and feels as though people should do what they want, as long as they can justify that course of action to themselves and be prepared to face the consequences. However, those within the heroic community have told Malachi that he is destined to become a villain, due to the dark nature of his abilities. This is a secret fear of his.✦ 𝓶𝓸𝓸𝓭 ✧
༓࿅༓┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈༓࿅༓- mischievous -
What is life if not to enjoy it? Malachi frequently finds ways to distract himself from the dangers lurking both within and around him, getting into trouble, practicing his spells and abilities, flirting for the hell of it, and seeking adrenaline.✦ 𝓯𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 ✧
༓࿅༓┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈༓࿅༓Altophobia : fear of heights — it’s so cliche. Malachi would like to stay on the ground, even if he could possibly use his abilities to fly. — when confronted with this fear, his stomach pangs with anxious nausea and his hands become clammy.Decidophobia : fear of making decisions — this one is less of a direct fear and is closer to a paranoia and paralysis surrounding actions. he finds it extremely difficult to make justifications for his arguments, and will second, and third, and fourth-guess himself before finally settling on the ‘right thing’ to do. Or, more often, he will act on impulse, not allowing time for rational thought.Enosiophobia : fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism — this sin was a gift from his father and the whole of the Catholic Church. They taught him that the very thing he turned out to be was an evil no amount of Hail Marys could correct. Despite having an ambiguous moral compass, there is a deep rooted fear that his actions (and existence) will send him to hell, or that he will become a villain that those around him will fight to destroy. There is massive pressure from fellow students, teachers, and heroes, on Malachi. His abilities scare them—hell, they scare him—but it often feels like his path of evil has been laid out for him. He fears that every step he takes will bring him closer to villainy.𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐒 ⤵︎𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔬𝔫 :
agnostic
By no means would Malachi attach the Catholic label upon himself. He is not sure what or who is out there, but he isn’t on solid terms with them.𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔰 :
ambiguous
He follows his own set of rules whenever possible, which can get him into some trouble. He believes in moral relativism and has a disdain for organized church, curriculum, and government.𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔰 :
control his abilities
Malachi is sick of waking up in a cold sweat, unsure of when his dreams will become a reality. He often cannot turn off his sensitivities to the particles of matter vibrating in the air around him, and it can become loud. He would like to learn control.𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔩 :
yes
It would be hard not to believe in something that he is. He is not sure of the extent of supernatural beings, as he has never seen a vampire or unicorn, but he definitely believes in heroes and villains, magic, and spiritual beings.** appearance **𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 : lean ┊pale𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓻 : auburn┊short-med┊mousy
Malachi doesn’t do much with his hair, other than tousle it in the mornings. He goes as long as he can without cutting it, until it starts getting into his eyes.𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 : green┊almond
Most of the time his eyes appear as a grassy field in the sun, but they are subject to change with clothing, the seasons, and his mood. They are lightest when he has been crying, and darkest when he is angry, filled to the brim with a lush forest at night.𝓼𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽 : orris, juniper, cedar
His natural scent is soft and unimposing. He does use cologne, although they vary for daytime and evening events.𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓮 : bold & sensational
Malachi is almost always dressed in a button up shirt with slacks and a matching jacket. He never wears hoodies or sweatpants unless he’s gravely under the weather, and tends to gravitate toward rich colors and patterns.
Beads of sweat glimmered as they rolled, reflecting moonlight from the quivering window curtain. Gravity dragged them down, although not as far as Malachi had been pulled into his latest nightmare. Red painted the insides of his eyelids, causing them to flick from side to side, his automatic and panicked reaction. No amount of coaxing could release the boy from the sight before him— his mother, throat slit, knees thudding against worn oak floorboards. The familiar creak, caused by her body’s urgency to fall, temporarily drowned out her gurgled whimpering. Heavy footsteps complimented the cacophony and in Malachi’s hazy vision a knife flashed it’s cold, insensitive warning. It seemed to taunt him, saying “run fast if you can.” Further up, a cheap watch adorned a sun-tanned wrist. His father’s favorite. His father.“ —NO “ The boy shot forward in his bed, shouting, comforter crumpling in reaction to his erratic movements. His heartbeat and breath alternated at a pace rivaling hummingbirds, fingers trembling before grappling for sheets to grip until his knuckles turned white.Another nightmare indeed. In any other circumstance, any other someone, this realization would offer relief, but for Malachi, it merely produced two misfortunes ; fear and a blistering headache.Peripherals fuzzy from straining too hard, Malachi slipped with a somber silence from his bed, each footstep forward laborious. Dread clawed at his stomach, threatening to overturn that evening’s dinner, and the rhythmic pulse of his temples had Malachi dragging two fingers along the wall as he traipsed towards the family room.As he turned the corner, Malachi froze. Wide yet desensitized eyes gazed at his mother, white nightgown adorned with crimson, limp, hollow smile sealing her acceptance as death washed over her. The silver flash greeted him once more, as did the watch, and finally his father.'I bet you knew the whole goddamn time, didn't ya?' He spat.Malachi could only stand in horror.'You're a monster and you're gonna tell me what you did to my son.'The words stung. He'd always been different than the other kids, but a monster? There he remained, the only son his father had ever known. His gaze dropped to his mother's lifeless form between them and he felt the urge to fall to his knees.'Don't pretend to care about her. I know what you are, freak. You're dangerous.'The brunette’s posture stiffened as he felt the particles of air around himself begin to vibrate. Although defensive in nature, this shift in atmosphere was noticeable. His father raised the knife as his dark gaze passed judgement onto the boy he had raised—no, the monster who had been posing as human. As his son.Malachi knew one thing:
he needed to survive,
so he ran.It wasn't long before someone claiming to be a friend of his mother's appeared, taking him under her roof and her wing. She explained very little beyond the fact that he was adopted, and that the people responsible for raising him were not, in fact, his true family. When he asked who was, she cleverly deflected. Again and again. What she did help him discover was the power lurking within his veins. While she helped him identify his talents, she placed strict limitations on any training efforts due to a birth defect that left Malachi vulnerable. The more he used his abilities, the harder his body fought back in retaliation. It ranged from lightheadedness and blackouts to difficulty breathing and the rare seizure. Over time he learned to identify his triggers and how to work around them, but it left him questioning whether it was the reason his parents had abandoned him.His mentor, known as Green Goddess, had a way with plants. They lived in an isolated home with boundless gardens, a stark contrast to the small suburban nightmare he'd been raised in. She never became a replacement for the family he'd lost, first and foremost because she was too busy helping to save the world. Second, she intentionally kept him at a distance and in the dark.Together, they crafted his persona as 'Sandman' and designed a suit that monitored and assisted with his weak physical state. In case of emergencies it included an air filtration system, meant to buy him time to make it to a healer or a hospital. Eventually he was ready to enroll at Sankarit, a well-known school for people like him. Other freaks.His control (and most notably his power suppression) combined with his latent potential landed him in a grade higher than his age, and as he packed his few belongings, The Green Goddess left him with these words:'Though your journey has only just begun, trust the self. Know that the only true villain is fear.
If you fear, you lose.'Malachi put on a brave face, but he was afraid.
ABILITIESpassive:• Particle sensing — Malachi first discovered his abilities due to his knack for listening in on conversations, knowing when someone was about to enter his room, and detecting shifts in weather. His primary force of magical potency, as far as he can understand, is in invisible atoms often forgotten by most. Each space, object, and environment has a distinct sound and feeling, which shifts and manipulates as things such as sound waves or particles of solid material pass through them. He is able to channel and manipulate the pathway of these particles through all five senses, meaning that he has increased range of hearing, can sense moving matter in a room, can smell scents carried by the air, and can feel the constant buzz of his environment. Because of this he is extremely sensitive, both in regard to his physical senses and the auras present within a room at any given time. The running theory is that these atoms overload his system in certain sequences, causing his body to malfunction and shut down.• Premonitions — Malachi has realistic dreams ranging from murder to the mundane that often come true. He is not in control of this, nor does he understand it. Each time this ‘ability’ is triggered he gets a massive headache and a feeling of dread.Active:• Particle manipulation — Malachi has less experience in using his power, but he has discovered small tricks along the way. Due to his capability for particle sensing, he has learned how to manipulate small amounts of the invisible in order to amplify his senses and to create small vibration-like ripples in the air. These have a destructive ability if enough force is applied. He has also learned that he can trigger weather-related phenomena in moving rain-carrying clouds overhead. Bending small particles in light can alter colors. He has been working on the specifics to create a rainbow.Theories & Works-In-Progress:• Telekinesis — He slowly began to utilize his abilities for a pseudo-telekinetic purpose, by manipulating and strengthening the particles around an object to give it lift. Perhaps if he connects the psychic side of his abilities with the physical, he could learn more accurate telekinesis.• Flight — If he could move objects, what is stopping him from moving people? It’s not like he's interested in figuring this one out... Malachi is afraid of heights.• Dream visitation & communication with the dead — Malachi has accidentally astral projected into other spaces and places, and has visited those on his mind in their dreams while they are dreaming. He has also experienced flashes and whispers from what he can only assume are the departed, but he’s scared to let this ability manifest in any larger capacity.• Invisibility — As light is technically both a particle and a wave, Malachi could, with enough practice, bend the light around himself to refract, thus shielding him within his environment as invisible. He would still take up physical space himself, but could go unseen to the untrained eye.• Control — With practice, Malachi can learn the feeling of any distinct atom and manipulate it at will. The problem here lies in how broad and distinct each atom's identity is, how much focus it takes to isolate, and the fact that it would likely kill him in the process. A more reasonable manner of growing this ability would be for Malachi to focus on something specific, such as the atomic makeup of an element, blood, or material. Learning to manipulate. things one at a time may lead to a higher rate of success and a longer lifespan on his end.Intelligence : 7
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Malachi enjoys studying the topics he’s interested in. He is bilingual and has knowledge of witchcraft—though his own abilities do not utilize spells—as well as history and surprisingly mathematics (though he hates them), but he is clueless in the physics or specifics of his own abilities, and combat.Temper : 7
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It is hard to break through Malachi enough to upset him, but once his fuse is lit he’s one step away from an explosion. In an enraged state he loses all sympathy for whoever asked for it.Mental Health : 3
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He’s not necessarily unstable, but Malachi’s constant tuned-in nature regarding particles drains him. He can feel vibrations in the air at an amplified rate, making his senses in a constant state of over-stimulation. He also becomes paranoid after having vivid dreams, anticipating if/when they will come true.Physical health : 4
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While Malachi has a fine immune system, the biggest drawback of his ability is the physical toll it takes on his body. Smaller acts are without consequence, but anytime he pushes his limits or boundaries he is met with difficulty. If he pushes his vision, he could lose his sight. His olfactory sense is tied to difficulty breathing, and his mental capabilities threaten to knock him unconscious. While Malachi has a lot of potential, it is clear this is not without its risks.Reflexes : 9
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Due to not having as much of a need for physical strength or offensive ability, Malachi has relied on his reflexes as a primary form of defense. He is extremely fast and dextrous.Physical Strength and Ability : 2
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Malachi’s abilities have always leaned less towards the offensive, due to their relatively intangible nature. He knows a small handful of offensive tricks, but close, hand-to-hand combat are not points of strength for him. He tends to stay at range and use his wit and abilities to make up for what his body lacks.Magic and Psychic Ability: 9 & 6
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Malachi has an extensive amount of magic and psychic potential. He has been experiencing symptoms of his abilities since early childhood, and with better control could pose a serious threat—or, do a lot of good. However, he is not trained and currently cannot quite get a handle on controlling the consistency of his abilities. He lacks an off switch for his passive abilities and lacks the decision-making prowess often required in offensive combat.Charisma : 8
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Primarily as a defense mechanism, Malachi is good with words. He is often able to coax those who respect him into doing his bidding, and would much rather talk or manipulate his way out of a situation than tackle it head on.— CLASSIFIED INFORMATION —
There is more to Malachi than meets the eye, though he has yet to explore this side of himself. He may very well have more powers, secrets, and pain waiting for him on the other side.