Ezra Gideon Wood

[Ezra Wood]

NAME: Ezra Gideon Wood
NICKNAME: N/A
AGE: 19
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
POSITION: College Student
FACE CLAIM: Alex Pettyfer

POWER: HYPERCOGNITION
Ezra has the ability of accelerated intelligence, rapid learning, and the registering and interpretation of information at an increased (not complete, nor perfect) rate; clarity, memory, awareness, energy, and synchronization between thought and action are all enhanced.

The human brain performs a series of functions; autonomic, or involuntary bodily functions, somatic, or voluntary bodily functions, and cognitive, concerning the use of the mind to solve problems. The brain, while able to use many of these abilities simultaneously, segregates the systems. So while you may be able to pump blood, read a book, and walk up stairs all at the same time, the appropriate parts of the nervous system work separately. In Ezra's case, the systems have nearly perfect synchronicity and are under nearly completely voluntary control.

This kind of control affords Ezra almost unlimited (again, not perfect) access to the full potential of their brain and body. An average brain has to allocate energy to systems inefficiently. If you were sprinting in a track race, your somatic system needs energy for the neurons to push your muscles to the limit, while the autonomic system regulates things like adrenaline and anaerobic metabolism. It is more difficult for any substantial energy to reach the cognitive system, so it would be harder for the sprinter to solve a calculus equation. But with the hypercognitive ability Ezra possess, all systems are given the energy they require and can work at peak efficiency simultaneously.

Theoretically a person with hypercognition can instinctively or with little effort perform complex mental operations beyond the capability of a normal human mind. Also a hypercognitive user could possess immense memory and other mental capacities, allowing thinking on various different levels at once and while multitasking. A person with hypercognition can immediately conceive complex formulas and models, possible results and other factors on speed comparable to super-computers as well as recall everything they have experienced, connecting and comparing known facts. Hypercognitive users are gifted with extended knowledge and usage of the brain. They are able to think in ways that they could never have imagine or understood before. Users can remember things they have forgotten, replicate knowledge, and become completely competent and aware of the situations they are in.

LIMITATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT:
With Hypercognition, one's brain has to be supplemented - trained to use the power to it's full potential. One would have to keep their brain active at all times^*1 and build it up step by step. Push harder and push further. Like for example doing daily puzzles while doing something else. After a lot of training, the user will be able to think faster<sup>*2

*1</sup> When he sleeps, his brain will be slower, and his hypercognition will not work as well as if he had been using it for hours straight. What this means is that this is an ability he needs to keep active at all times, or the effects and enhancements that comes with it will work less than if he kept it nourished.

^*2 Sometimes, the brain can work faster than the mouth/hands/etc. Like for example: Imagine yourself writing on a keyboard, and your fingers start racing across it without being able to keep up with your thoughts, and then the words come out hard to understand, because one thought leads to another, and there's things you should explain in between, but your mind just keeps going on.

It can be explained as a ''clear'' sensation, as if everything just suddenly makes sense. One can start remembering more easily. It's almost as if you can open up your brain and explore it, and it sometimes feels like exploring deep space and just ''seeing'' everything crystal clear for the first time.

The training and exercises has to be followed up, or else the ability will grow duller and less effective with time.

His intelligence, memory, rapid learning, interpretation of information, clarity, energy, synchronization is NOT perfect. There's no photogenic memory, ultimate intelligence or anything like that. There is no, just because he read about rocket science, he can now do it. He might be able to understand HOW it's done, but that doesn't mean he necessarily is capable of actually doing it.

Sometimes, Ezra's power glitches and causes the processors in his brain to sort of go haywire, which means he loses control of his power and becomes overly aware to what happens around him. This more than often leads to hypertension, anxiety, body temperature fluctuation (cold chills and hot flashes), and over stimulation of the brain which can cause him to faint.

SUMMARY:
Someone with this power has the ability to learn faster, have accelerated intelligence and taking in information more easily than a normal human being IF the user trains their brain. The power affects clarity, memory, awareness, energy and and synchronization between thought and action are all enhanced. If the brain doesn't get enough work-out, the ability will grow weaker, and the user will be able to take in less information, not remember things as easily, etc.

SIDE-EFFECTS: 
- Lack of sleep/insomnia (Daily)
- Headaches, mental and physical exhaustion (Daily)
- Muscle pains, neck, shoulders (Daily)
- Nosebleeds, nausea and migraines (Weekly)
- The feeling of stress, restlessness, can't sit still for a long time without having something to do, impatience (Constantly)


APPEARANCE SECTION: Arrogant is probably the word most people would use to describe the blonde hoodlum when they look at him. He stands 5'11 ft above ground and has always been considered rather tall for his age, or at least in his family. He weighs around 174 lbs, and has a well taken care of body he has spent many a years exercising, mostly in the form of jogging and working on his family's farm. He inherited his green eyes from his mother, and they lack a certain kind of emotion, which usually just helps on the arrogance part. His eyes are very distant and even a tad bit cold.

When it comes to Ezra's hair, it's naturally curled and he more often than not keeps it long. He doesn't normally cut it until it reaches just below his hair, which is usually around the time he decides to get something done with it, since the curls makes it an really odd shape, one which he'd only describe as a mushroom shaped hairdo. It's naturally blonde, though it tends to be a little darker by the roots and lighten the closer it gets to the tips.

When it comes to clothes, Ezra usually prefers dark clothing, unless he's working at the farm. When at school, he prefers sweaters, scarves, woolen coats and boots. His taste in clothing is very elegant, refined and simple. When working at the farm, he prefers tank tops and sweats. Anything that he doesn't care much for getting dirty. 

MUST HAVE APPAREL: A silver cross necklace he got from his grandfather. He never met him, but his grandfather was a well-known horse breeder and is Ezra's idol. He wants to become just as good - or even better than what his grandfather was at his job, and he wears the necklace as a reminder that there's always something new and exciting to learn, whether it's about horses, or something completely unrelated.

PERSONALITY SECTION: Arrogant, again, is the word that most people think of when seeing Ezra, or even talking to him. It's not that he only thinks he's better than others, he thinks he KNOWS that he is. Because of his ability, he claims himself to be an evolutionary stage of mutant kind, which more often than not, makes him enemies. Generally speaking, Ezra doesn't try to act arrogant, at least not by his own volition. No, his power has from day one made the boy take a step back and rather observe the world from a distance than actually partaking in it.

He's not really mean, or purposely trying to be an ass, he just finds idle conversation dull when there's so much out there for him to learn, human contact not being one of them. That doesn't mean he tries to avoid all forms of contact with his fellow students and mutants, no, it just means that people can't expect him to sit still and listen to someone's troubles or drama. He's very blunt and honest, not caring much about lies and trying to sugar coat the truth. If he thinks you're being a whiny little bitch, he will tell you exactly that.

He's very intelligent, mostly thanks to his ability which grants him a very logical and calm mind. He usually takes up the role of the one that people confide in (the few times he actually make friends, anyways) only to be told that he doesn't care and that they need to stop being such a bitch. Well, that or tell them every way possible how they're wrong or right in thinking/acting the way they do.

Even so, when Ezra first starts caring about someone, he's fiercely loyal. There's no limit, no boundaries where he stops at protecting and taking care of the people he loves. That doesn't necessarily mean he'll get very emotional, or even express any emotions at all, but it does mean that if his loved ones are in trouble, he will do anything in his power to help them, no matter the cost. He doesn't care if he has to throw someone else - or himself under the bus in order to do so.

Even with such a reserved personality, it's not uncommon to see Ezra smile or even laugh. His humor can be a little dry, or even a little sadistic, but he enjoys laughing just as much as anyone else does. It does seem to take people a little aback though, because of his usual cold or calculating demeanor, but there's really no mean bone in his body, and he's not particularly petty either, so even when crossed, there's very little chance of him really doing anything about it than shrugging and walking away (unless his loved ones are being hurt, mind you; Then hell is unleashed).

He's often viewed as a typical bad boy, mostly because of the way he looks and carry himself, though Ezra finds this to be insanely amusing, since he really thinks it's so far from the truth that it's otherworldly, but then again, he does have a certain soft spot for motorcycles and breaking rules he doesn't understand or agree with.

EXTRA QUIRK: Ezra has a soft spot for animals, especially horses. There's nothing that he hates more than animal cruelty, and he becomes incredibly agitated about the topic. He's also oddly fond of dried apricots; he really loves them, and can often be seen either eating them, or looking for a place to buy them. He's been thinking about growing his own apricorns one day, but has never really gotten around to it.


FATHER: Ronald Wood
MOTHER: Doris Wood
SIBLINGS: A younger brother (17).
PET: A husky dog named Louis, and his Buckskin Quarter Horse, Dante.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A
WORTHY MENTIONS: N/A


CHILDHOOD: Ezra grew up on a farm in the southern parts of Montana, the farm being right outside the edge of Kalispell. The farm contained all kinds of animals, but mostly built their business around horses, riding classes and breeding. He was born to Ronald and Doris Wood on warm summer evening, 19 years ago. He was a very loved child, and his parents weren't the strict types, so apart from being pushed into the family business from an early age, he was allowed to do as he pleased.

At the age of two years old, Ezra's parents had another child, a son. Ezra was curious at first, to what this pink, tiny little thing was, but he too, grew very fond of his baby brother. He grew to become very overprotective of him, and wanted to teach him everything he knew.

Ezra was taught to take care of the horses, and even started taking riding classes from he was a little boy. He became fond of the horses and found a kind of solace in spending time with them. He even claimed he wanted to become a professional horse breeder as he grew up, to his parents approval, of course. Ezra was a very quiet and calm child, never really getting into trouble or going out of his way to displease people. He was very polite, and even though he might have been on the shy side, he was very well-liked.

ADOLESCENCE: His life on the farm was blessed, really, and he didn't have many complaints. He went to school, got average grades and had a few friends here and there. There was really nothing out of the ordinary that happened to him. He was a happy child with few troubles and his parents made sure he had everything he needed, him and his brother. Even as the two boys grew older, they remained close and did what brothers usually do. They fought, became friends again, protected each other, only to make life a living hell for one another and became friends again.

Things changed though, when Ezra's ability manifested at the age of eleven. The boy that had once been so kind, closed himself up, often getting sick and he became easily agitated. The sudden power growth had the young boy overly confused, but luckily, living in Montana already meant he got picked up by the recruiters within a few days of his initial manifestation. His mother was already a mutant, so the concept wasn't new to him either. Even though he had never really considered the idea of him being a mutant, he understood fairly early what was happening to him.

He was happy though, when the recruiters came. He wanted to learn how to control his ability and make the best of it he possibly could. He was hungry to learn new things and his grades even progressed, mostly because of his ability though, but that didn't deter him. Instead, the young boy embraced his ability and was eager to learn more about it, and push it as far as he possibly could.

He spent most of his time at the academy training rather than making a whole lot of friends. His ability continued to keep him a little closed up to the rest of the world, and even though he wasn't socially awkward or anything, he found teenage drama and conversations to be outright boring and rather stuck to his own thing, which mostly consisted of training his ability and doing his homework.

He didn't have to actually move to the academy though, seeing as his parents already lived close enough to the academy for him to easily travel in between. He was happy about this arrangement though, since he didn't want to leave his parents home, the farm or the horses. So while studying at the academy, he spent a lot of his free time continuing his work with the horses.

ADULTHOOD: When he reached the age of eighteen, Ezra graduated from the academy and decided to stay for a little while longer, as a college student. He continued to live at the farm and do what he had always done. He had gotten a good grasp of his ability by now, but he was still eager to learn as much about it as he possibly could. There was still some nasty side-effects to his ability, but by now, they had gotten a habit rather than an inconvenience. He has learned not to push himself too far, and rather take it one step at a time.

Now Ezra spends most his time (when he's not studying, or spending time with his precious horses) doing puzzles to keep his brain active. He starts every morning while eating breakfast doing a few sudoku puzzles, and always carries some kind of puzzle with him, whether it's a 'get the ring off the thread' or a math equation. He has learned that the best way for him to keep his ability active, is to actually use it, which he does, whenever he gets the chance.    


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