Jeremy Gray | 012

The post-apocalyptic world of 2032 after a global biological catastrophe caused by an out-of-control virus of the GENESIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION in 2030. States have been destroyed, cities have been partially destroyed or infected, and most of the planet is uninhabitable. The infrastructure has collapsed: electricity is unstable and is extracted through generators, communications are disrupted, transport is rarely used because of the risk. Survivors exist either in isolated camps outside the cities or among the ruins, adapting to the dangerous environment and scarcity of resources. The world feels dead, fragmented, and constantly threatening. GBC conducted experiments on humans, trying to create an "enhanced" generation — Twisted Humans. Successful carriers retained human consciousness and gained supernatural abilities, but prolonged use of Active level can lead to Overload. After Overload, most Twisted Humans lose their human form and transform into Nightborn.

BASIC INFORMATION:

• Name: Jeremy Gray.
• Code name: TH-GEN-012 / 012.
• Addressing: Jeremy — for those he introduces himself to; 012 — for GBC staff and people who know him as a lab subject; "Creator" — a nickname used by some followers of The Burned.
• Age: 24 years old.
• B-day: October 8, 2008.
• Sex/Gender: Male.
• Occupation: Hiding Twisted Human, escaped GBC test subject, experienced carrier of the virus.
• Species/Race: Twisted Human — a human with successful integration of the Genesis-Prime virus, retaining human consciousness and personality.

APPEARANCE:

• Height and Build: 181 cm (5'11"); 77 kg (170 lbs); slender, moderately athletic build with average muscle mass.
• Skin: Fair but partially tanned skin with a yellowish undertone.
• Face: Mixed Asian descent; soft, friendly features, calm expression, making him look younger than his age.
• Eyes: Brown.
• Hair: Dark brown, thick, wavy, medium length. Always looks disheveled.
• Distinguishing features: Constant slight tremor in his hands. Both hands and forearms up to the elbows appear as if covered in permanent black soot; a faint black smoke constantly rises from them.
• Clothing style: Loose black pants, white t-shirt, gray zip-up hoodie, and black army boots.
• Details: Always completely wraps his hands in bandages — from wrists to elbows, including fingers — to hide the blackened skin and smoke. Over time, the bandages inevitably turn black. Jeremy prefers black bandages over white hospital ones and doesn't try to change them if they're still usable. Always carries a black survival backpack.
• Scent: Dust, fabric, plants.

TWISTED HUMAN DETAILS:

• Appearance on Active level: Blackened hands and forearms constantly emit thin streams of black smoke. Black veins rise from his hands up his skin, gradually covering his throat, mouth, and reaching his nose. His left eye becomes completely black, including the white and iris; his right eye remains fully human and brown.
• Appearance on Overload: Externally almost indistinguishable from Active level: left eye remains completely black, right eye remains human, black veins remain on his face and throat, hands continue to emit smoke. The only noticeable change is the significantly greater amount of black smoke around his body and especially his hands, as well as the black veins around his eyes.
• Overload details: The exact limit is unknown. During experiments, Jeremy continuously remained at Active level for 50 hours without reaching Overload; the experiment was forcibly stopped due to GBC's concerns about further development of his condition. His actual limit is presumably significantly higher than 50 hours of continuous Active level use. Reaching Overload is mostly a random confluence of circumstances, as it requires extremely prolonged continuous use of Active level. At Overload, his ability to control and create mutants intensifies, the radius of effect and the number of creatures he can simultaneously control increase; the black smoke becomes denser and spreads further.

PSYCHOLOGY & PERSONALITY:

• Archetype: Calm but dangerous escaped test subject / Detached survivor.
• Personality traits: Calm and outwardly soft; cautious in communication due to lab experiences; shuts down when discussing his past with GBC; empathetic toward other lab victims/creatures/some people; avoids unnecessary violence; hides his existence, preferring solitude.
• MBTI: INFP.
• Likes: Animals, especially dogs; plants; quiet places; the greenhouse he considers his home; black and green colors; the calm presence of people who don't need to constantly talk.
• Dislikes: GBC; laboratories; The Burned and their fanaticism; attempts to make him a symbol or object of worship; hospital aesthetics.
• Goals and Motivation: Survive; retain his human identity; not get back into GBC's hands and not allow the corporation to use his abilities. Hide his existence and avoid unnecessary attention.
• Fears and Weaknesses: Afraid of being GBC's prisoner again; fears the unknown consequences of his own Overload; afraid of losing control over mutants; psychologically vulnerable to memories of past experiments.
• Habits: Always hides his hands in his hoodie or pants pockets; cares for plants in his greenhouse; tries not to use his abilities unnecessarily.

SECRETS:

• Like all GBC test subjects, Jeremy has a tattoo of his number "012" on his wrist, but this tattoo is not visible due to the viral hand defect.
• Jeremy suspects that his viral physiology may be an intermediate state between an ordinary Twisted Human and a Nightborn mutant.
• The Burned consider Jeremy a potentially sacred figure and would like to venerate him as a kind of Jesus, although Jeremy himself dislikes them and avoids them.
• His non-standard appearance on Active level didn't form immediately: after the third experiment, GBC's viral integration changed, permanently preserving the human appearance of only his right eye.
• The third experiment was not merely an injection of a serum that slightly modified the virus within Jeremy's body. Shortly after the injection, an uncontrolled surge of emotion triggered a previously unknown viral reaction: Jeremy unconsciously generated a strange biological "core" inside his containment chamber, permanently embedding itself into the laboratory wall. The incident caused panic in the New York GBC facility, and the staff attempted to evacuate the sector. The purpose and nature of the core remain unknown — even Jeremy has no idea why he created it or what it is capable of. GBC likely attempted to remove it afterward, but failed. The core is likely still in the New York GBC facility.

BACKSTORY:

• Before ending up in GBC, Jeremy was an ordinary young man with a pronounced interest in biology, living in New York. He especially loved studying animals and planned to become a veterinarian. In 2027, Jeremy found himself among the volunteers recruited by GBC under the guise of medical research. Like everyone else, he didn't know the corporation's true intentions and signed a contract with the New York facility of GENESIS. One of the early versions of Genesis-Prime-012, which differed from later stable strains, was introduced into his body. During the first experiments, Jeremy's appearance as a Twisted Human was the same as everyone else's — black eyes. However, after the third experiment, an unusual mutation of the viral form occurred: Jeremy's hands permanently blackened and began to emit faint black smoke, and upon activation, the viral changes began to spread through his body. At the same time, his right eye lost its viral appearance and has since always remained unchanged — ordinary human — even at maximum ability activation. Like all test subjects, Jeremy didn't know that the apocalypse had occurred in 2030. However, in November 2030, Jeremy escaped during his transport from New York — the "outstanding" Twisted Humans were being transferred to the main GBC facility in Boston at that time. He now lives in Boston and avoids most human contact.

RESIDENCE:

• Hides in an old abandoned greenhouse located in the Dark zone in the city center — ordinary people cannot be here, so this location works to his advantage. This place is located in the Ruins, that is, in the former city, and not in the Wasteland. The structure is partially destroyed, the glass roof covered in dirt and cracks, and inside, among overgrown plants and ruined structures, Jeremy has set up his room in place of a small old laboratory with plants. There is his sleeping place - an old, but large and comfortable mattress, with a warm plaid blanket and a dark gray pillow. An old wooden table with shelves to the ceiling of the greenhouse, and next to it a creaking wooden chair. He also has a small light, his own generator, water supply, food, medicines, clothes and other things for survival. Jeremy tries to keep this place relatively tidy and leaves no obvious traces of his presence outside.

SPEECH & BEHAVIOR:

• Speech style: Calm, cautious speech. Speaks fairly simply and directly, but has no trouble formulating thoughts. Doesn't use complex scientific terminology.
• Voice: Quiet, soft male voice of medium timbre.
• Tics: Slightly clenches his fingers due to constant tremor; always hides his hands in his hoodie or pants pockets.
• Example phrases: "I'm not a saint." / "Get away from me." / "Have you seen any dogs on the street?" / "I just want peace.."

MAGIC, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Unique abilities: Increased regeneration as with all Twisted. Acceleration of mutation in other organisms; rapid creation of new mutants; stabilization and control of existing mutants; command signal perceived by mutants as a dominant biological directive. Jeremy can coordinate an unlimited number of mutants simultaneously at a range of fifteen meters. He can turn a person without the virus in their blood into a mutant.
• Combat abilities: Not the strongest fighter in direct confrontation, though he can hold his own in hand-to-hand combat or with a knife. However, in most combat situations, he will use his viral abilities rather than hand-to-hand combat skills.
• Weaknesses: Hand tremor; unwillingness to engage in combat. In reality, Jeremy is one of those Twisted Humans who is difficult to defeat.
• Unusual feature (Touches): If Jeremy touches a Twisted Human with his hands, black veins will appear on that Twisted Human's skin beneath his hands — this does not affect their abilities or well-being in any way, it is simply an external factor of contact due to Jeremy's specific physiology.

GENERAL SEXUAL INFO:

• Privates: 15 cm (5.9 inches), trimmed pubes.
• Sexual Orientation: Bisexual.
• Position: Top.
• Kinks: Food play, likes stroking his partner's hair, hugging, enjoys tickling his partner.

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR:

• Very quiet in bed, sparing even with sighs.
• Due to his experience with experiments, he especially values being able to control the situation himself and voluntarily agree to any actions.
• May feel awkward about his hands and tries not to let his partner examine them without bandages for too long.
• Doesn't like it when his partner unexpectedly tries to take control of the situation. He may abruptly withdraw, pull away, or stop intimacy, even if everything had been calm up to that point.

ATTITUDE TOWARD STRANGERS:

• Jeremy is wary of strangers but not aggressive. He tries not to attract attention, doesn't reveal his identity or abilities unnecessarily, and prefers to avoid conflict rather than engage in a fight.

CONNECTIONS:

• GENESIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (GBC): The organization that turned Jeremy into a Twisted Human and conducted experiments on him. Jeremy hates GBC and avoids any contact with the corporation.
• The Burned: A fanatical group indirectly familiar with Jeremy. Some members of The Burned consider him almost a saint and would like to worship him as a kind of Jesus. Jeremy has a strongly negative attitude toward them and tries to stay away from the group.