Character's Name: Ryder Hawke

Nicknames: Rye, Freak, Hawkeye.
Age/Birthday: 16 and 7th April, which would make him an Aries, but he doesn't really pay star-signs and horoscopes any notice. His theory is, that if horoscopes were true then there's around half a billion Arians having the same day.

Likes:
Motorcycles, he loves them, the power, the freedom, everything about them. He's still vying for one as his eighteenth birthday present.

Buffy. He started watching for the shallow reasons of Sarah Michelle Geller and miniskirts and eventually became hooked, not even a Clow Card on the loose could stop him from seeing a new episode. (Well, okay, it could, but he'd be really ticked off about it and would go nuts if he heard anything about the episode before he got to see it.) He loves the whole aspect of a teenager with power for once. He counts Joss Whedon as a role-model.

Chocolate. In any way, shape or form he inhales it, no real reasoning behind it, he just really likes it, although, it's probably the sugar-high he gets off of it.

Skunk Anansie. Of all the bands he's discovered in his recent foray into the 'Alternative' section, this is his favourite. The lead singer had a phenomenal voice and their guitarist has a habit for powerful solos. Although, they have unfortunately split up he still plays every CD to death and cannot be stopped when started on this subject. It's also his favourite inspirational music, it really helps when he's trying to write something.

Comics. He loves to read them, but tends to keep that fact quiet, not wanting to be assumed a comic-book geek. It's not like he wears a trenchcoat and sunglasses when he buys them, he just tends to gloss over that fact when people ask what he likes.

Dislikes:

Driving tests. He's tried three times, being told that he has to at least pass a driving test if he wants to learn on a motorcycle and he has failed miserably every time. The second time resulted in severe damage to the test car. To this day, he swears it was his evaluator's fault.

Elevators. Too slow. Far, far, far too slow.

His lack of control in the shows/comics he likes. He hates it when something he doesn't like happens in one of his favourite shows or comics, for example, a character leaving/dying/doing something really, really, really dumb. If one of these things happens to one of his favourite characters he tends to get a little sulky. So for safety's sake, don't ever bring up, say, the 'Psylocke fiasco' or 'Oz leaving Buffy'.

Boy-Bands. They're wrong. So very, very, very wrong...... He still maintains that someone made a deal with a devil to make N*Sync (or Lip Sync as he likes to call them) sucessful.

Reflective sunglasses. Only when worn by others, it freaks him to be talking to someone and not being able to see thier eyes.

Hobbies:
Running. He does it every morning before school and really enjoys it, he finds it a great to take his mind off of things, he just slips on a pair of trainers and runs.

Basketball. Not on a team level, he just likes to shoot hoops to pass the time and has a hoop set up on the front of the garage.

Writing. He loves to write, usually fantasy or sci-fi. He tends to use it as an escape from Podunk, writing about magical, faraway places and fantastic adventures.
 

Stalking anyone with a motorcycle. He does this at a level that could be classed as a sport, if someone in his neighbourhood or at school has a motorcycle he tends to gravitate towards them, hoping they'll take pity on him and let him; a) Ride it, b) Ride on the back of it one time or c) At least sit on it. In that order of prefference.

Job (if any): Ryder doesn't really need to do any job for money, as he recieves enough allowance to cover basic stuff and still save a little each week. However, he is vying for a place working for the school newspaper.

School (if any): Ryder is a student at Podunk High School, and is hoping to get out as soon as possible and move on to a big town college (anything but Podunk college). Anything else (optional):
Favourite food: Pepperoni Pizza. He could live off this stuff, most other pizzas, however, tend to leave him cold, and ones with vegetables or, worse, pineapple as a topping are deemed blasphemy by Ryder.
Favourite Subject: English. He loves to write, and is hoping to pursue a career in it.

Part Three--The Long Part

Physical Description:
Ryder has hazel eyes and naturally brown hair, but for a couple of years now he has taken to dying it bright blue and wearing it short and spiky, which warrants more than a few stares wherever he goes, but he deals with it. He has a fairly normal looking face and naturally tanned skin, giving his face a sort of healthy, happy aura to it.
In terms of build, he's just a little taller than average, standing at around 5' 10'' and has a fairly well-toned, but not overly muscled body from all the running he does. He carries himself in a sort of 'I really don't care' way, semi-slouching and keeping his hands in his pockets.
As far as clothes go, he usually wears a big baggy pair of jeans and an old, worn out t-shirt with some kind of amusing text on it, (e.g. 'Losing is nature's way of saying you suck', 'Aloha' or his personal favourite, 'Porn Star in Training).
For shoes he normally wears a pair of old, beat-up, brown hiking boots or a pair of sneakers.
Overall, Ryder has a wierd, bohemian kind of look to him that he really enjoys, because he wants to make a lasting impression, which bright blue hair and profane t-shirts usually do.

Personality:

Ryder can be summed up in one word; smart-ass. Constantly prepared with a quick sarcastic comment or quip, this has been known to annoy the hell out of people. He tries to steer away from mean sarcasm, because, well, thanks to the way he looks and thinks he knows all too well what it's like to be teased. But if he's comfortable enough with you it can get very extreme. When confronted as to why he does it, his surface excuse is 'practising my humour for when I become a writer', but his attitude, much like his appearance is mostly just to make a strong impression (attribute it to being the middle child I guess).

Ryder has definite plans in life, he doesn't ever want to be forgotten (which explains the attitude and the look). When he starts something he will always try to see it through so that he's either known as the person who did it, or the person who attempted it for a couple of hours and never gave up. This is one thing he feels really strongly about, not quitting, whether it's a tough assignment at school or making someone smile, he will try and try and try, unfortunately, on him, it isn't seen as a virtue, it's just seen as being more of a joker.

As far as being a Bauer goes, Ryder approaches it all jokingly, seeing it as one big rush and adrenaline trip when it's going good and light-heartedly griping when it's not so good, and joking to try and keep spirits high. He usually leaps before he looks, rarely stopping and waiting for a plan to form (and when he does, it's usually accompanied with a play-by-play sarcastic commentary 'Wow, good plan, and, to make it easier for us to just commit suicide why don't I coat myself in napalm?'). He's impulsive and that usually either gets things done all the faster, or makes a little more trouble for the group, but he finds that if he turns around, grinning sheepishly and simply says 'whoops?' he tends to get away with it, on account of being a goof-ball. His sarcasm and silliness goes up expedentially he's in Bauer mode, this is because he sees it as an even better way to make a impression and a difference, he sees what the Senshi are doing as mythic, they're heroes, and he wants in on it. If confronted with a more serious or somber team-mate, Ryder usually latches onto them, determined to make them laugh, giggle or at least smile (even if it is due to them being glad to see him fall down or get hurt).

History: Ryder Hawke was the second of three children born to Norma and Ray Hawke, in Podunk, Indiana. Norma ran a local Clothes store, where she tried to get her latest designs seen, and has failed to make bi-label success, but still makes a pretty penny and Ray is a professor of Physics at the local University. They live a fairly comfortable life, two cars, nice house, no real money troubles. And Ryder grew up pretty well-adjusted and happy, if a little bored with the sleepy-town life. He became best friends with his neighbour Michelle Jones, a young girl about his age, who, since the age of 11 has harboured a slight crush on Ryder, which, much to her chagrin, he has never noticed, but apparently, she's getting over it. By the time he was thirteen Ryder had grown extremely bored with his life in Podunk, constantly over-shadowed by his older brother, Ryan's achievements on the football team and overlooked for his baby brother, Robert, and, feeling the need for change he died his hair bright blue and has kept it that way ever since, much to his parent's annoyance, but hey, at least they noticed him. He has also made a personal vow, he will be out of Podunk by the age of 18, even if it kills him, and, as such, has already started submitting articles and stories to any and all editors he can find willing to take his work.
Basically, he lived a normal, albeit in his opinion far too dull life until about a few days ago, when the power card sought him out and tested him in one of the most bizarre manners ever. Whilst writing an english paper one time his pen fell and rolled under his desk, which weighs a ton. Reaching under he couldn't get it, so he tried to lift the desk.... (how he planned to get the pen after he'd lifted the desk, we'll never know...). He stooped low and tried to lift up one corner, determined to get his pen back. This was probably when the Power Spirit became particularly interested in Ryder, it watched as he tried to lift the desk, but to no avail. Then, when she noticed that he was going to try and reach for the pen again, she materialised beneath the desk, moving the pen within his reach and holding onto one end, starting a tug of war. Ryder was unable to pull the pen free, believing it to be stuck on something, so, he tried to yank it upwards, this caused the Power Spirit to bang her head on the underside of the desk, stunning her and allowing Ryder to pull the pen and the spirit out from underneath. The Power Spirit, despite feeling a little cheated, decided that Ryder had proved himself worthy (obviously her standards were slipping) and granted him to power of the Power card.

Part Four--The Soldier Part
Senshi Name: Bauer Power Card, and he already hates the fact that it rhymes.
Suit: Diamonds. Reasoning is that, well it's Power, you don't really get much more 'get it done-and fast, and because, it doesn't have much magical power. And also, I couldn't really think of anywhere else it would fit that well, so in terms of fitting, it went best, IMO, with diamonds.
Henshin Item: The Power Card and a Leather wristband with a small slit in that he wears all the time on his right wrist.
Henshin Phrase: "Power Card Power!"
Henshin Sequence (optional): Ryder takes the Power card and places it in the slit of his wristband. Then he kneels down and winds back his right arm, before slamming his fist down into the ground beneath him. Chunks of rock fly up from the ground, splintering and shattering the higher they get before forming into tiny little sparks of energy which shower down upon Ryder, forming the shirt and pants of his fuku. Following this, energy seeps up from the ground, forming his gauntlets and glasses. Then, a pillar of light goes up about a metre, and once it fades the ground is back to normal and the transformation to Bauer Power is complete.
Fuku: Bauer Power's Fuku is pretty weird looking, as Ryder has oft commented, it makes him look like some goofy comic book character, and as such, it's pretty hard to take him seriously even without the help of his attitude. He wears baggy, loose, ripped up khakis which are fastened around the ankles (creating a similar sort of affect as the power spirits pants, only scruffier)  and due to the looseness, would expose his underwear.... if he wore any. He wears a kind of muscle shirt thing, which is skin tight, and apparently continues on to cover the entirety of his legs, helping do away with possible obscenities caused by the bagginess and ripped-ness of the pants. The shirt/suit is sleeveless and is a shade of dark red with two thick yellow stripes running up the front, kind of close to the sides. Directly over his heart (dead centre of his chest) is an image of the power card. His hair, for some reason, reverts back to its natural brown colour, whilst staying short and spiky. Also, fortunately, a pair of blue, reflective, wrap-around sunglasses appear over his eyes, which he thanks God for every time because if anyone were to recognise him in the ridiculous get-up he has to wear, he'd die of embarrassment. His gauntlets, see below, reach up the entirety of his forearm, stopping just short of his elbow where they are fastened down with bands similar to the one's the power spirit wears on her wrists. He wears a basic pair of sneakers, which, compared to the pants, make his feet look tiny, similar to the power spirit.

Powers: One Major, One Weapon.

'Crushing Blow!' - Bauer Power's only power, which can cause quite a fair deal of damage, but is wildly inaccurate. Bauer Power yells out "Crushing Blow" Before flipping forward into a hand plant, then he pushes himself upwards, getting a fair deal of height. He then twists and flips in mid-air, his gauntlets starting to glow. Clasping his fists together as he starts to fall down towards his target, he then swings down, hoping to hit his target, however, experience has shown that most of the time, he's quite a way off target, and the only damage is done to the floor. However, this isn't too bad, because whilst not doing any damage to his target, the shock-wave formed by him striking the ground, staggers the opponent, usually knocking them off their feet. As fun a mental image as Ryder missing and falling through a couple of floors is, his attack isn't so much a physical, structural damage that cracks and blows stuff as it is a viscuous wave of vibrations that knocks the opponent off their feet, or, if on target, disorientates and hurts them quite a bit (sort of like hitting a tuning fork), however, should he miss and hit the floor, it won't drain him anymore than usual, the only side-effect will be Bauer Power's poor little pinkies getting hurt. To cast this attack, Bauer Power needs about half a minutes to prepare, during which he needs to focus his energy into his gauntlets, and, after that, he just needs the time it takes to do the handspring and the mid-air somersault. Right now, Bauer Power is limited to one use of this per battle (or, if, for some reason, its a really long battle, he's limited to once every ten minutes.)

Weapon: Bauer Power's weapon consists of a pair of gauntlets. they're huge, about five times the size of a normal person's hand. The material is brown and looks a lot like driza-bone, and the fringes are decorated with gold trim. They make him a fair deal stronger, so far he's learned that he can lift a mini-van, but could probably lift up a fair deal more if pushed to do so. On a guess, I'd say that he could lift about a tonne at most, but I've never been very good at judging the severity of weights, so could it remain undecided for now?

In time Bauer Power's strength will grow as he becomes a more experienced Senshi, as such, his power levels will allow him to lift more and do a bit more damage with his attacks (Personally fearing that day myself, the prospect of him being able to pick up and heft dumpsters and cars at his enemy is disturbing.) Luckily, this won't happen for quite some time.
 
 

Part Five--The Last Big Part

Writing Sample:
Ryder cradled the phone in his shoulder, keeping it close to his ear, flicking his pen rapidly in his hands as he grabbed the blank sheet of paper on his desk. "The English Paper, yeah, I'm working on it, I swear. About halfway through." He explained into the phone.

"Oh really, so that wasn't Super Mario Kart I heard when you answered?" Sarah asked over the phone-line, and Ryder could swear she was grinning from ear to ear.

"Okay, I haven't started yet, just need.. inspiration I guess." He explained feebly to his best friend. "Maybe some Skunk Anansie will help.." he said moving over to his CD player.

"No! Need I remind you that I'm your neighbour and if you play that stuff at the volume you play it I can, and will, call the cops." She blurted out quickly, "Besides Rye this paper is really important," she started.

"Oh, God, not this speech again.." Ryder muttered when he recognised the opening.

"If you don't get good grades then you won't get into a good college and you'll be stuck as a Podunk Townie for the rest of your life, and as you so frequently say, and I quote, 'I'm getting out of this one horse town if it kills me'. By the way, Hawkeye, in case you haven't noticed, farming community, more than one horse." She explained.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, but hey, if I do get stuck here, at least our Youngins'll have the advantage of us not bein' cussins." he joked in a hick-like voice. "

Is that just your cute way of avoiding starting your paper?"

"...Yes. Did it work?" He asked sheepishly.

"I've got to go have dinner, do some work!" She ordered sternly as she hung up the phone.

Ryder strode up and down the room, paper in one hand, pen moving wildly in the other. "Work, work, work, work....." Then, suddenly, the pen flew from his hand, sliding across the floor and finally coming to a rest beneath his desk. His big, heavy, wooden desk. "Damn." Ryder muttered, reaching underneath to try and get it, he couldn't. "Damn again." He sat cross-legged on the floor, staring intently at the desk, 'I suppose I should just get my paper done for now, worry about the pen for later,' he thought to himself, 'Buuuut, it is a lucky pen... kind of, if I write without it, it may jeopardise my grade. My Education depends on me getting that pen.' he concluded, rationalising this slacking off enough for his conscience to be at ease. Steeling himself he settled at one corner of the desk and proceeded to try and lift it up so as to retrieve the pen. After about a minute, he gave up, realising that it was futile and he could never lift the desk, so he knlet low again, trying once more to reach the pen.

He grasped around under the desk until his fingertips finally brushed against the end of the pen. Getting a good grip on it, he tried his best to pull it out. It didn't move at all. Confused, Ryder tried to pull the pen free again, this time, not only did the pen not come towards him, it seemed to retreat further under the desk, taking his arm with it.

"Damn, must be stuck on something..." Ryder muttered. He quickly tried to yank the pen upwards, hoping to clear it of whatever it was stuck upon.

There was a dull 'thud' and a muffled 'ow' (OOC: I know you said the spirits couldn't talk, but can they 'ow'? If not I'll edit this part out) and Ryder finally managed to pull the pen free, as well as what it had been caught on.

Ryder stared in shock at the tiny figure that had followed the pen, she looked young, her pale, almost alabaster white skin matching the colour of her carnival-esque clothing. She had a somewhat frustrated look upon her face, probably due to the large bump rising on the crown of her head.

Defeated, the Power Spirit sighed and hung her head in shame, condensing herself into the form of her card and granting her powers to the young boy before her.

Still very confused, Ryder picked up the card the young girl had turned into, at its centre was  a picture of the young girl and beneath that the words 'The Power'. Ryder blinked a few times as though the card would go away, confirming that this had all been a bad dream, or a hallucination caused by the school cafeteria's 'food'. The card remained when he opened his eyes again, "Oooookay. That was...... different." He commented, not realising how much of an understatement that was.