Alvin Mott

Chesterfield Act Registry of the Expressive Database

File #05 Mar 2018 19:50

Summary

Name Gregory Alvin Mott Aliases Status Unregistered Expressive Ability Telepathic Stealth Gender Male Birthdate October 1st, 1975 Age 45 Height 5'10" Build 160 lbs Eyes Green Hair Brown Residence Cresting Wave Apartments Employment Yamagato Industries Parents Debbie Mott (Deceased) Frederick Mott (Deceased) Siblings None known Marital Status Single Children None First Scene A Crowd of Twisted Things Last Scene Profile Alvin works for Yamagato Industries as a Security Specialist. In the past though he's done a lot. He was a cleaner for the mob in New York when he was younger, then plied his trade around Europe and Asia for a time before he went to work for Yamagato. While working for Yamagato he did a stint with the Company at the request of Kaito Nakamura. However, since being reassigned after the bombing at Yamagato Industries in 2018 he has been a ghost. Where he has been and what he has been up to is unknown.

portrayed by Jimmi Simpson

Background

Alvin’s past is shrouded for him. He woke up in a hospital in Manhattan when he was 14. Doctors told him he’d been in a coma for six months. He didn’t remember who he was, though records showed his mother and father had died in the car crash that put him in the coma. The records showed his date of birth as October 1st 1975 and his name as Gregory Alvin Mott. But he had zero memory of his life before awakening, and there was no next of kin listed so he was remanded into the care of the state. He spent the next few years in the care of a couple different foster homes and then a group home until he dropped out of high school at 17 unable to keep up with the curriculum due to his memory loss. It wasn’t total memory loss, but it was thorough enough that he couldn’t keep up in class, and was sent out on his own. While in the group home Alvin befriended another kid who did some work as a package boy for the mob, and he got Alvin hooked up with his contacts. In the beginning the jobs were simple. Run packages around the city, deliver them where he was told, and ask no questions. That was it. But after being kicked out of the group home he had more time to devote and over time the jobs became more complex. He started picking up packages as well, taking them to other people and places. Bit by bit he worked his way into the lower levels of organized crime in New York.

It was on one such run that his power manifested. He had been instructed to pick up a package on the edge of Chinatown, and after retrieving the package from the directed store he found two men waiting outside on the street for him. Triad men. Alvin ran for all he was worth, but the chase was a short one. They cornered him in a one way alley, one man standing guard at the mouth, the other coming after Alvin with a knife. Alvin scooped up a fallen chunk of brickwork and threw it at the man, actually hitting him in the shoulder. It caused the man to look down to see what had hit him, and in that moment he… froze. Not entirely froze. He just looked confused. By the time he looked back up Alvin was taking his knife from him and ramming it into his stomach. Boosted on adrenaline he then stabbed the man several more times, catching him in the chest which is the one that finally dropped him to the ground. He looked up to see that the man at the mouth of the alley was… just standing there, kind of like the man now on the ground. So Alvin took advantage of the man’s distraction, snuck up and rammed the knife into the back of his knee before tearing off down the street past him.

Alvin wasn’t entirely sure what happened in that alley, and wouldn’t be for awhile. But he knew something strange had happened. And after that day he found that he could pass more easily through New York. If he wanted to. If he focused on it. If he really thought about it people just… didn’t notice him. Someone could be talking to him and look away and… entirely forget they were talking to him. It earned him a reputation as a very reliable delivery boy. A couple years went by after his power manifested and it saw him work his way up, from delivery boy to associate. Alvin wasn’t in posession of any Italian heritage at all so he was never going to rise beyond being an associate, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t have influence and power. Alvin’s fall wasn’t a quick one. It was one borne over years of association with the mafia. He had already taken a life (as far as he knew), so when the mob asked him to take another he didn’t balk. And when they asked him to take another after that he didn’t complain. And soon he was no longer running packages, but running rackets. Extortion and murder became his trade. And he branched out as well. He didn’t just do work for the mob. He took private contracts as well, working mostly in the New England area. And before he knew it, he’d become a hit man.

In 2001 he took the wrong contract. The job went south and he ended up having to disappear for awhile. He hopped the pond and took up residence in Europe. He based himself out of the UK, but moved around Europe and took jobs as far away as Asia. And not all of them were hits. He started to take on bodyguard work as well. He was the gray man. He would go unnoticed and unremarked until someone tried to make a move, and then he’d be there to stop it. He tried hard not to use his power too heavily. Too much use of it would get him noticed in the grand scheme of things, and getting noticed was exactly the opposite of the point. He even got hired for a few corporate espionage jobs. A couple of those jobs were for Yamagato Industries. Off the books of course. But they were prompt with payment and more than happy to work with someone that showed professionalism.

In 2005 Yamagato Industries offered him a full time position with the company as a security advisor and he began to work exclusively for Yamagato. In 2006 the bomb went off, devastating Midtown Manhattan, and the Evolved became known to the world. It was after the bomb that Kaito Nakamura came to him about working for the Company. He’d continue to work for Yamagato, but it would be a cover for his activities as a Company agent. Alvin saw it as another job opportunity and accepted. He had no qualms about bagging and tagging other people with abilities. But the Company took his skills to a whole new level. This was a whole new world of conspiracy. The Company took his skills and refined them, sharpened them and forged him into something else entirely than what he had been before.

Like most company agents he traveled where he was sent. But he was also a bit of the axeman. He was one of the agents sent in when they were sure a tag was going to go south. If they were pretty sure that lethal force was going to be necessary, he could get in unnoticed, do what needed doing with minimal fuss and collateral damage. In the wake of the attack on Fort Hero and the following collapse of the Company he was recalled back to Japan by Kimiko Nakamura to resume his duties as a security specialist with Yamagato Industries. And that’s where he’s been ever since, working for Yamagato, doing whatever they need or want done. He goes where he’s sent, and he does what is asked of him. And now he’s being sent to New York.

Psych Profile

Alvin is up front a fairly nice guy. He's a fairly amiable fellow, more than willing to talk to people and make acquaintences. Few relationships make it beyond that stage though. He keeps people at arms length while doing his best to make it appear that he's not keeping people at arm's length. He has his passions such as reading and music that he's happy to discuss with people. He keeps up with the news and world events as well. People notice someone who's not willing to talk to people. And Alvin's entire existence is about not sticking out. People notice the outspoken and the loner both, so he tries to sit right in the middle.

Privately Alvin is a much more reserved person. He's soft spoken and will often remain quiet unless he has something meaningful to contribute to a conversation. Very few people have known this side of Alvin though, most people see the public face he puts on. He's not dour or broody or anything of that nature, he's just quiet and reserved. Alvin doesn't have much of a moral compass, and is not the sort to get distressed or torn up over something he's done. He knows right from wrong, but it doesn't hold the same weight for him that it seems to for other people.

Evolved Ability

Telepathic Stealth: Alvin's ability manifests as a telepathic blanking of his presence from people's minds. He doesn’t have the ability to read people’s minds, only to cloud their minds of his presence. It’s a subconscious suppression of their ability to perceive him. Their eyes SEE him, but the brain nopes out and just pretends he isn’t there. The power manifests as a sphere of suppression 60 feet across. So it has a 30 foot radius out from his body. Anyone beyond that 30 foot distance from him can see him plain as day, so he cannot rely upon his power to keep him hidden from everyone, nor can he rely on his power to keep him hidden indefinitely. He still has to rely on his own well learned, trained and practiced prowess at stealth.

The people affected by his ability retain no recollection of having seen him. Their brain passes over him having been there. However once beyond that 30 foot radius they can see him no problem. So if someone is chasing after him and they pass through his bubble, and come out on the other side and have a clear line of sight to him then there is nothing preventing them from say… shooting at him.

Thus far he has not been able to maintain his ability for more than ten minutes at a time. But even pushing himself to that point can bring about significant physical and mental strain. When he pushes himself on his ability it often results in nose bleeds and a lack of focus that is rather dangerous for someone in his line of work. He is working on his ability to hold his ability for longer periods of time, believing that like a muscle all he needs to do is exercize. Time will tell if that is indeed the case. Typically he can hold his ability for up to five minutes without adverse effects. He needs to hold off on using his ability for at least 8 hours for that timer to reset for him, and at least half of that 8 hours needs to be spent actually resting. But if he pushes himself all the way up to his current maximum of ten minutes then the recovery time gets exponentially greater and he typically can’t access his ability again within 24 hours of pushing himself to that limit.

Alvin has found through trial and error that his ability does not work on other telepaths that also access or affect the human mind. Rarely, an animal telepath will interfere with his ability as well depending on the strength and individual ability of the telepath. Another drawback to his ability when he comes into contact with telepaths is feedback. While he himself doesn’t get hit with much since his ability is entirely outgoing, telepaths nearby get hit with that horrid telepathic feedback. Alvin gets a little static hissing in his mind, which is enough to alert him to the fact that there is another Telepath close by.

Alvin’s ability doesn’t work on any kind of remote or electronic surveillance or recording. His ability is still restricted to it’s sphere of influence. This does mean though that someone who is say taking a video with their phone within his sphere won’t notice him as they’re filming. But if they watch that video later on they will definitely see him on the video.

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Hooks

Known To Most

• Alvin works for Yamagato Industries as a Security Specialist.
• He's worked for Yamagato since 2005. Before that he was an "independant contractor".

Known To Some

• He was orphaned when he was a teenager by a car crash. It left him with retrograde amnesia and he's unable to remember his parents or his life before the crash.
• After the bomb in 2006 Kaito Nakamura approached Alvin about working with the Company. He worked as a Company agent until shortly after the fall of Fort Hero when Kimiko Nakamura called him back to Japan.
• He has a lot of connections in businesses and industries outside of Yamagato. (Criminal connections.)

Known To Few

• He started his career as a cleaner for the mob right here in New York. Afterwards he worked around Europe and Asia both doing various jobs that required a man with his particular set of skills.
• He's an evolved with the ability to vanish in plain sight. Unless you're a telepath.

Relationships

AssociatesComing Soon!

	STUFF

Allies

Coming Soon!

Enemies

Coming when he makes some! Oh Vanguard. Definitely the Vanguard. They tried to kill him. More than once. Maybe more than twice.

The Dead or Gone

Nobody of import yet.

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Logs

Now

March '18

03/19	Afternoon	A Crowd of Twisted Things	Lunch time turns becomes a trip down memory lane.	Various
03/23	Evening	Tabula Rasa	Various

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Miscellaneous

Skills

• Stealth: This is undoubtedly Alvin's most valuable skill. He knows how to go unnoticed. From his style of dress, to the way he carries himself he knows how to be completely unremarkable. He is also very skilled at more traditional stealth. Sneaking around, remaining quiet and hidden.
• Deception: Alvin is a skilled and practiced liar. This has been honed over a life time, and he has banished any facial tics or vocal hints that might give away his lies. This includes adopting genuine sounding tones of voice for any given situation. He can sound remorseful, surprised, happy or angry at any given time. Of course that's no defense against a telepath, but he has the poker face. His poker game is strong.
• Contacts and Resources: While not a skill persay, this is a group of contacts and resources he can call on to help him with minor things. Forged documents, hacking computer systems, finding information, obtaining weapons and hardware are all things that fall within the purview of these contacts he has.
• Quick Learner: Alvin picks things up quickly. He's had to. After the amnesia he suffered as a child it left him at a disadvantage to other children and this disadvantage lasted into his adult hood before he leveled the playing field. He picks up new tricks and skills quickly, and will practice them compulsively until he can do them by rote.
• Linguistics: Alvin is fluent in two different languages and conversationally competent in several more beyond that. English and Japanese are his fluent languages, and he's conversationally competent in French, Cantonese, Mandarin and he knows some Spanish though he's not at a conversational level of Spanish.
• Firearms: Alvin's skill with firearms extends to pistols and rifles and not the automatic variety. With a pistol such as a 9 mil or a .45 he is a crack shot, having honed his skill with those weapons over a life time. His skill with a rifle varies. If given the proper time and setup he is an extremely accurate shooter. But if it's faster paced he is only a little better than average. IE he can snipe, but he's not going to win any marksman awards in the middle of a fire fight.
• Hand to Hand: Alvin's training in hand to hand fighting was much more informal for the majority of his life. He was taught some fast and dirty moves when he worked with the mafia back in New York, but he didn't have any more formal training until he was recruited into the Company. After it's fall he continued his hand to hand training, seeking formal training in both Jujutsu and Kenpo Karate.
• Cleaner: Alvin knows how to clean up after himself. This is a skill he picked up piece by piece over the years. He knows what household chemicals can be used to destroy forensic evidence. He knows how to properly dispose of a body. He knows how to leave as little evidence as possible behind at the scene of the crime.

Gallery

Music

Coming Soon…

Alts

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	Joe is one of the Lighthouse Kids. All grown up and ready for trouble. And boy does he have a knack for finding it.