TRAIN → GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
INTERACTION AVEC }} SA TECHNOLOGIE

Des blips ludiques et des explosions crépitantes sonnaient dans les écouteurs de Jace, alors qu'un petit bateau pirate de 8 bits traversait les vagues, tirant des pixels sur des navires opposés. Ses doigts incroyablement rapides martelaient le tampon numérique d sur l'écran tactile tandis que son pouce droit tirait simultanément rapidement les canons du vaisseau. Un petit jolly roger se faufila au-dessus du bateau dans des abrutis rapides et contre nature alors qu'il s'élançait dans la mer surpeuplée. Tout comme Jace était sur le point d'anéantir le dernier navire, le jeu a glissé, et a dit que le navire adverse l'a annihilé à la place.
Jace soupira et lâcha la tablette dans ses genoux. Les singes en poudre avaient encore besoin d'un peu de travail. Le code était patchy au mieux, mais le jeu n'était pas à moitié mauvais pour un gamin de dix-sept ans qui venait de lire quelques livres et l'a ailé. Bien sûr, dans les yeux de Jace, ce serait de la poubelle jusqu'à ce qu'il le juge parfait, et il n'avait pas encore à considérer quelque chose qu'il a créé «parfait». Il a tiré ses yeux bleus de la technologie, espérant voler un bref coup d'œil à Max et à son adorable mop de boucles de châtaigne.
Tant pis pour ça, Max n'était nulle part où être vu, et Spencer non plus. Bien sûr... bien sûr qu'ils étaient tous les deux partis. Jace sentit le sang se précipiter vers ses joues, tout aussi embarrassé et irrité par son romantisme désespéré. Il a tiré la capuche de son pull rayé sur sa tête et s'est essuyé dans le siège. Ses joues se sont enflées dans un huff silencieux. Jace a envisagé de tirer les ficelles de son sweat à capuche pour cacher son visage comme Kenny de South Park, mais ce ne serait probablement pas très discret.
Travaillant à travers la partie bâclée du code sur son ordinateur portable a passé le temps et a gardé Jace-Sesprit de course occupé jusqu'à ce que Max et Spencer finissent par revenir de leur petit rendez-vous. Jace s'est subconsciemment retrouvé assis un peu plus droit quand ils l'ont fait. Il a même réussi un demi sourire semi-croyable en regardant au-dessus du bord supérieur de son écran d'ordinateur.
Max a posé un journal sur la table et Jace a étudié prudemment les gros titres, ses yeux ne s'éclaboussaient qu'au début. C'est la photo de son profil Facebook qui lui a vraiment donné une pause. Il était là, il se fixait à partir des pages en noir et blanc.
Il a remarqué à haute voix que son cerveau suractif traitait cette nouvelle information. Jace a ensuite lu les déclarations que ses parents ont laissées et ont porté sur ses lèvres. Il pouvait pratiquement goûter la culpabilité en voyant de leurs paroles, et cela le rendait coupable. Jace regarda loin et scanna les visages des autres comme une distraction. Personne d'autre n'avait l'air de réagir beaucoup plus différemment qu'il ne l'était. Au moins, il ne semblait pas qu'ils l'étaient, mais Jace avait toujours été assez pauvre à lire des indices sociaux.
Spencer a souligné le titre ridicule que les médias avaient donné à leur groupe et Jace s'est dit d'accord. Emily s'est cognée avec ses propres pensées. Jace a répondu avec un ringard comme elle a mentionné lancer des trucs à paparazzi. Spence a soulevé le fait qu'ils allaient trouver un endroit pour se reposer pour la nuit et Max a suggéré de camper. Jace's ventre a chuté quand tout le monde semblait être d'accord avec cela, et ce n'était pas juste parce que Max l'a dit.
Camping signifierait pas de wifi, et limité à pas d'électricité. Ils seraient complètement hors de la grille et hors de sa zone de confort. Bien sûr, pour le bien de la morale du groupe, Jace n'a rien dit et a continué à sourire. Il pouvait faire ça, ouais, surtout parce qu'il devait le faire. Les criminels ne pouvaient pas vraiment choisir et choisir, et des compromis devaient être faits le long du chemin. Mais qui sait, avec la puissance de cerveau partagée de Sprocket et Chip, peut-être que le duo pourrait monter quelque chose d'utile, ou à tout le moins divertissant, pour quelques nuits.
Et donc, ils étaient là: recherchés et en fuite, certains d'entre eux avec leurs visages plâtrés dans la presse. Jace regarda en arrière le journal et se brouilla le nez, remuant ses lèvres en arrière et en arrière dans la pensée. Peut-être devrions-nous changer notre regard, aussi, il chuchotait une suggestion assez forte pour qu'ils l'entendent. Vous savez... teintez nos cheveux, changez notre style, ce genre de choses... Jace revient sur la photo qui a été prise de façon effrayante récemment. C'était beaucoup trop comme regarder dans un miroir. Il n'a pas pu faire de mal... Il s'est emparé de l'accent supplémentaire.
JACE “CHIP” O’BRIAN

THE DORK ANTHEM • GAME OVER • WE DON’T HAVE TO DANCE
NAME }} Jace Theodore O’Brian. He goes by 'Gaymer' on the internet, after his well-known gamertag and username 'Gaymer1618'
CODENAME }} Chip - like a computer chip, not the snack, even though those are good too!
AGE }} 17, Birthday: March 5th
SPECIALTY }} Hacking

{{ QUIET • BRAINY • IMPRESSIONABLE • COMPETITIVE • DELICATE }}

PERSONALITY }}
The first thing one thinks of when looking at Jace is ‘nerd’. It’s his stature, and the way he carries himself, but he truly does have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge that can be cut down into multiple sects of ‘geekiness.’ Terms like that might be intended as insults from his peers, but he deeply identifies with being intelligent and takes pride in his skills. He enjoys sharing what he knows, confident in his mastery of certain subjects, but prefers to design and execute a plan rather than spew facts that others might deem uninteresting. Unless, of course, it is movie trivia, be prepared to be thouroughly uninterested!
Jace is such a generally pleasant person that he appears to drift in and out of a daydream, but truthfully, he is constantly thinking. It may make him seem reclusive or reserved - which he is, to an extent - but he isn’t pensive or detached in the slightest. He’s often conducting full-fledged debates in his mind, but on paper or verbally, Jace is very friendly when fully realising these thoughts; when he’s particularly excited, the conversation can border on incoherence as he tries to explain a daisy-chain of logic or trivia or anything that pops into his mind. Oftentimes, he doesn’t ever reach a point, he will simply jump ship to a new topic altogether, expecting others to completely understand what he meant. They often don't.
What really holds him back, though, is his pervasive fear of failure. He is so prone to reassessing his own thoughts and theories, worried he’s missing something critical in his puzzle, that he can stagnate and get lost in a world of self-doubt. This world is nothing public, however. Jace is certainly not an actor by any means, but you’d think he was trained in the art by how secretive he is of his self-criticism. He is set on making others happy (probably to keep them from getting like him), and ensures none of his depressed episodes see the light of day. Jace is a silent sufferer, and goes to all ends to make sure it stays that way.
That said, he finds it easy to use warm, sensitive language just to get along with others. He’s not malicious in any way, although given the people he’s surrounded by constantly, you’d think he was a much more volatile individual. He takes great care of other people’s feelings, and expects the favor to be returned - sometimes that means giving him space for a while. Jace needs time to decompress after any overstimulation or lots of social interaction, so he withdraws himself from the public eye plenty. It’s for the best - he usually doesn’t even take care of himself. He’s passionate about what he cares about so much, working so hard to avoid the dark cloud of doubt always over his head, that he quickly gets exhausted and overstressed. This is when he generally turns to some form of distraction or self-medication in order to feel better. {Special thanks to  for helping here ❤}

STRENGTHS }}.:CYBERPHILE:. Being a competitive gamer and all-around nerd, Jace is very skilled with computers and all things internet. At the age of 14, he successfully built his own rig that he has modified and customized into the absolute BEAST that it is today. In his spare time, he likes to read books about coding and cybersecurity and, as such, he has a firm grasp of how the technological world works, and exactly what he needs to do to hack it.
.:AESTHETICIAN:. Jace really enjoys the digital art platform and the ability to technically recreate the beauty of the world. He loves designing websites for people and making graphics for all of his favorite things. Two years ago, he started drawing and painting digitally using a tablet, and has exhibited some considerable talent that he hopes to go to college to hone in on.
.:CINEPHILE:. This kid LOVES movies. Directors, actors, cinematography, you name it! Jace proudly boasts that he is the “Master of Useless Movie Trivia”. Go ahead, ask him about it, just make sure you’re comfortable first, because once he gets started he doesn’t let off the gas. This is one of the few things he actually feels comfortable talking to strangers and acquaintances about.
WEAKNESSES }}.:WIMP:. The boy is an absolute twig and completely unathletic in every way. He has never participated in any organized sport and was, very shamefully, the gym class zero in school. Seriously, if it came to a fight, a person could probably own him just by looking at him too strongly.
.:BROKEN:. Jace suffers from undiagnosed depression that stems from the bullying he received growing up. Coming out to his parents, and their reaction to it, didn’t make things any better. Because he has never talked about it or actually seen a therapist, he self-medicates in whatever way he can find to feel better for the moment. It hardly ever works and is mostly harmful in some way or another.
.:FOLLOWER:. If Jace decides that a person is safe enough to talk to, he can become a bit much. His incessant chattering can border on annoying and has often gotten him shunned from friend groups in the past. If he sees someone as a role model in any way, he is prone to changing parts of himself in order to better fit in with and be accepted by that person.

HISTORY }}
Jace comes from an upper middle class Irish-American family. Growing up, the boy wanted for nothing and had a lovely childhood, despite feeling like he was a little bit different from his friends and classmates. Okay, so he was a lot a bit different from them, but still, there was a time when he was quite happy. He kept excellent grades and a tiny group of close friends throughout elementary school.
At the age of 13, Jace finally came out as gay to his parents. Being the ‘religious’ Catholics that they were, his parents were less than loving and supportive. Joseph and Eleanor didn’t go as far as to kick him out of the house or anything, but they still weren’t accepting. His parents constantly insisted that this was 'just a phase' that he would grow out of. There was that, and the affectionate reminders that being homosexual was a sin and he was destined to burn in hell if he 'chose' that lifestyle.
When Jace first started coming to terms with the fact that was, in fact, gay, and then subsequently faced the rejection of coming out to the people he loved most, his depression worsened. He is no stranger to self-harm and, when he was 15, he even tried to end his own life by taking a cocktail of pills that he found in the medicine cabinet. Jace woke up a few hours later vomiting uncontrollably, and it scared him enough to not try that again. His parents assumed he had just been out drinking with friends and actually punished him for it. To this day, they still don’t know the truth. Because of this, he distanced himself from them, and from other people that were close to him. He never officially dated a guy for fear of rejection, and instead focused on his technology, his artwork, on learning and growing as a person.
Jace dreamed of going to college after high school to study animation at an art institute. Because of the lack of familial support, he turned to hacking as a means to earn money and save up for putting himself through school. That’s how the whole criminal enterprise thing started for him. His means to escaping reality through learning about the computer world had turned into a small time hacking business, which then snowballed into involvement with Michaels' organization. Jace never thought he would be a criminal, but something about it got addicting… it was the pleasing people, mostly, and trying to impress his new crushesfriends with his skill set and false bravado. He had turned into someone unrecognizable in this short time with them. And now, he was running from it. Wasn’t that fitting, though? Jace has always been running.
OTHER }} I don’t understand the twenty one pilots meme thing because I’m old but I promise I read all of your rules. <3