<div class="floatright"><div align="center">(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x0qA5RDeTuU/TC8AuWK5sSI/AAAAAAAAAX8/EZFU5m85GKA/s1600/2009_Undisputed_3_18.jpg)<br/>(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/7c/96/507c96e9ae59b3e165b560a93bd72cab.jpg)(http://cs10705.vk.me/g27649824/a_4ebe12ed.jpg)(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/92/37/14/9237145b9d6d052ecfdf441ddf35c197.jpg)(http://www.ecranlarge.com/uploads/image/000/480/original-463426-068.jpg)</div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Evolved Character Sheet</strong></span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><br/><strong>Character Name:</strong> Alexei Mikhalev <br/><strong>Codename:</strong> Houdini<br/><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong> Russian<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Hetero<br/><br/><strong>Class:</strong> - 2<br/><br/><strong>Occupation:</strong> Escape Artist<br/><strong>Education:</strong> Junior High School<br/><strong>Wealth Level:</strong> Basic<br/><strong>Languages Known:</strong> Russian Variants, English<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong> 26<br/><strong>Height:</strong> 6 feet (183 cm)<br/><strong>Weight:</strong> 185 lbs (84 kg)<br/><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Black<br/><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Dark Brown<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong> Scott Adkins<br/><br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong> <br/>Once a lean young man, Alexei has put on some muscle weight in the recent years. He works out hard when he can, and he practices free running as a hobby, allowing for a lot of free exercise in the various states that he has visited. He looks tough and mean, and he can be just that. When he speaks though, his deep voice never goes higher than a low conversational tone and he is an overall mellow gentleman. His dress code is mainly for comfort, with light baggy sports pants, light shoes and a tank top if he wears a shirt at all, allowing for maximum mobility and speed.<br/><br/>His dark brown eyes are inquisitive, betraying a great deal of intelligence beyond his limited schooling. His brown hair is kept in the style that he grew comfortable with over the years, shaven on the sides and back and trimmed short on top and a goatee. His body is peppered with tattoos from his time in prison, and a formidable scar is visible over his right cheekbone, as well as another in his back just below his ribs.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> <br/>Generally more soft spoken and evenly tempered than his appearance would generally suggest. His silence, while generally because his English is more broken than he would like to admit, is generally more indicative of enjoying hearing what others have to say rather than say anything himself. When he speaks, he tries to make his points clear and concise, thinking before he speaks. He tries never to rush into anything, tending to procrastinate and overthink just about everything.<br/><br/>He is not much of a fighter and he prefers running away when it comes to physical conflict, although he does have some experience in the former, usually because he had been cornered and had nowhere to run to. He is good at getting away too, even before his power manifested itself. Agile, smooth and a slippery sonova in most aspects, he thinks that he could have made it as an actor and is very good at improvising on the spot, even though he doesn't enjoy it.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong> <br/>He was orphaned early in his life, and he doesn't remember his parents properly. Vague memories and no real emotional attachments is all that he really claims about them. His early memories are from an orphanage in St. Petersburg, about a year after they changed the name to that from Leningrad. He was a trouble-maker with the caretakers at the orphanage, and once he was old enough to leave, he did without having to be kicked out. He had made no real friends in the place and had mostly antagonized the personnel to the point where they were glad that he left at the age of 15.<br/><br/>He got involved with a local gang of street thieves and pickpockets, he became very good at the hustling game, as well as the simpler and far more dangerous game of pickpocketing. He didn't start out good, of course, and he quickly learned that getting away quickly before anyone could identify him was the far greater skill. He eked a living like this for three years until his evolved powers began to show themselves. Simply at first. A his hand slipping through the grasp of someone who had him by rights. Squeezing a bit too easily through wide bars, and finally he realized what was happening when he dove into a brick wall and came through unharmed on the other side. It wasn't intentional of course, more of a happy accident, both the diving and the... phasing through the brick wall. He was smart. He knew it wasn't really possible for this to be happening, but he knew that if he could pull it off at will, it would be a very useful weapon to have in his arsenal. His powers developed pretty quickly after that, if only because of his near constant use of them. Getting out of handcuffs, slipping through walls and getting out of tight spots got considerably easier. It hadn't been that difficult before, but now it was damned easy.<br/><br/>Trouble came, of course, when the more... shocking facet of his powers showed itself. He was invading the house in a more luxurious suburb of the city, finding and lifting various items of value when he was discovered. The owner of the house had come home earlier than expected, and he had cornered Alexei in the safe room. Alexei didn't think twice about stepping right through the man.<br/><br/>It was then that he felt something of an electrical surge go through his body when it was connected to that of his victim. He didn't think much of it, it had happened before, doing nothing more than stunning the other person for a few seconds. He took his chance and made good his escape. What he didn't know was that the man had a pace maker, and the electrical shock had disabled it, killing the man.<br/><br/>Another detail that had escaped him was that the victim was a retired politician, with a great deal of political clout still. The manhunt was such that escape meant showing his powers to the world, and Alexei was just not ready for that. At the age of 21, he was convicted of murder and sent to prison for life. While his plan was to escape immediately, the heat remained high as his use of powers became apparent with a revealing security tape that showed him phasing through his victim. The bureaucracy was such that any outside agencies that wanted to take possession of the criminal evolved were stonewalled by the Russian penal system, who wanted to show this scum their own brand of justice, which meant... pretty much just rotting away in a work camp for the rest of his life, making big rocks little rocks.<br/><br/>His notoriety made him something of a celebrity in the prison. The downside was that he was kept under near constant surveillance, as nobody wanted the kind of trouble that came from him escaping. The upside, for one, was that he didn't have to work with shackles. His guards didn't think that it was worth the trouble. The other upside was that few of his fellow inmates wanted any trouble with him, and he got past his years in prison with relatively few incidents. Only two were surprising enough so as to get past his powers, a crowbar to his face and a shiv through his back on two different occasions. Other than that, he was able to keep his head down and serve his time. A third power began to show itself during his incarceration. He used it to make good his escape.<br/><br/>By working hard at it in secret, when there were no cameras or guards around, usually at night, he began to working at phasing rays of light through his body, turning bits and pieces of himself translucent. Not quite invisible, but very hard to see in the dark. Using that, and after more or less three years of prison, he made good his escape. The heat in his own country was too much to take, even for him, and so using his naturally slippery character and his powers in combination, he slipped out of the country, getting to Turkey and from there, he managed to take a job as a boat worker on a ship headed to New York City.<br/><br/>Once there, he joined a group of travelling artists, part of a circus, really. His notoriety had never quite reached the US, and thus he managed to make a living for himself, travelling across the country, performing as an escape artist. None of his fellow circus performers suspected his Evolved status.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong> Brunettes, as a rule. Hard liquor, mostly vodka. Pizza. Exercise. <br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong> Weak beer. Fruity drinks. Prison. Weapons.<br/><strong>Strengths:</strong> Fast and slippery, hard to get a hold of if he has a mind to escape. Burglary. Free runner. Parkour Enthusiast. Thirst for knowledge. <br/><strong>Weaknesses:</strong> English as a shaky second language. Less than advanced book learning. Procrastinator and tends to overthink things.<br/><strong>On's &amp; Off's:</strong> Player's own. Preference for light bondage on both sides.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Notes</span></strong><br/>Adopted a smaller mutt that he came across on one of their stops in Texas. He called her Vallie<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Powers</span></strong><br/></span><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Phasing (10):</strong> </li></ul>The innate ability to alter his molecular structure, allowing him to slip through solid matter without any adverse consequences. This requires conscious effort and complete focus, although he cannot solidify again while phased with something else. He can phase independent parts of his body without phasing others.<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Translucency (4):</strong> </li></ul>An evolution of the above power, allowing light rays to go through his body. He can never quite achieve full transparency, but he does get translucent, which makes him difficult to see in the dark, although visible in full light.<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Static Electricity Buildup (8):</strong> </li></ul>An effect of the previous powers. The altering of the molecules creates an electrical buildup that is released into whatever he is phasing through. If it happens to be another living being, it can cause a light stunning effect, as well as causing electrical devices to go haywire and even burn out.