Burger flipper extrordinaire, Parker Ross has a secret: Every night, he puts aside his Big Belly Burger apron and leaps into action as the Spectacular Spider-Boy! Watch out, evildoers! Justice comes with a side of fries...and the unfortunate whiff of onion.
Personality
Confident, enthusiastic, impetuous, reckless...all of these can be used to describe Parker. Also Cheerful, earnest, loyal, and goofball. Parker is all these things and possibly more. His personality is still being hammered out in Real Life, as opposed to the implanted education and experiences he got in stasis. But, as of right now, he is a confident, profoundly loyal young man with a cheery disposition and a reckless impetuousness that for anyone else would be dangerous. Parker tends to act first, think later, and ask questions after the fact. He could definitely benefit from the advice and instruction of other, more experienced superheroes.
Background
Parker Ross was born in fire and smoke, in the bowels of a secret Cadmus facility....
Dramatic, right? Seriously, though. His first memory is coming to amid a -ginormous- explosion, with fire and smoke roaring around him as he stood on the wall and the remnants of a glass tube on the floor below. He himself was wearing a blue bodysuit marked with a very definitive shield, albeit empty. Who knows what that was about. The only clue he had to anything was maybe his identity, as the codification on the tube read 'Parker/Ross 013'. Assuming Parker Ross was the name he couldn't remember, he proceeded to beat feet out of that facility, fighting all kinds of weirdo things on his way out. Ask him about it some time. He loves to tell the story.
Okay. Where were we? Oh, yeah. So, Parker beat it out of that place and found himself homeless in the big city of Metropolis. (Which he both knew and somehow had no memory of.) Being homeless sucks. It's cold, and Parker got hungry for the first time he could remember. With no money in that fancy bodysuit, he was forced to scavenge from obliging dumpsters.
It was during one of these dives that he was found by Obie Griffiths, a former Special Forces soldier who was rebuilding his life in the kitchen of Big Belly Burger. He fed the kid, and was going to send him on his way until Parker stopped an armed robber with his bare hands. Then the ex-soldier knew he had something special in Parker, and took him under his wing and into his meager apartment.
When Parker told Obie his story, Obie was certain taking the kid in was the right thing to do. Cadmus did some shady shit, and it wasn't unlikely that they'd make a super-kid. Even if the kid didn't have any of Superman's abilities. His powers seemed to be more gravitational-based, albeit spider-like in execution. He got the kid a job at his restaurant, and began the slow process of unraveling Parker's short history.
Parker was thrilled to learn he had actual powers, having discovered the internet and the posted videos of the Spider-Man. He convinced Obie to train him as a crimefighter, learning everything quickly and using his powers almost instinctively. He figured out a way to approximate the webbing his hero used, although his was deployed with a cartoony-looking gun (which he LOVES, thank you very much). Some modifications to his bodysuit, adding a spider emblem and red webbing patches, and he was ready to take on the world as the Spectacular Spider-Boy.
He still has to work his scheduled shifts, though. No one gets a free pass.
SKILLS
Acrobatics - Competent Level
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Parker has the build and athleticism of a gymnast, and can use it accordingly. Uncertain how he came by the knowledge, Parker was an accomplished acrobat upon his awakening, and uses that in his role as Spider-Boy.
Parker is just getting started on the internet, sharing his opinion and running the Spider-Boy Blog, where he reports on his own crimefighting and that of others he encounters.
Burger Flipping - Competent Level
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Parker can flip a burger like no one's business. He can fry fries like a madman, and his milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard. Because they are T-H-I-C-C.
Charisma - Competent Level
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Parker is a very cheerful, outgoing young man. He loves meeting and talking to new people. And if there's a camera around, so much the better! Most people are likely to find Parker amiable and pleasant to talk to -- even as he's handing them their butt in a street fight.
Firearms - Competent Level
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Parker was trained in the use of most sidearms, and can use them very effectively. There are few guns that Parker can't identify, use, and rebuild.
Journalism - Novice Level
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Parker is learning the ropes as a journalist to make his blog more professional. He's no Lois Lane, but he can write a pretty good article.
Military Protocol - Novice Level
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The same ex-Special Forces soldier who taught Parker to fight and fire a weapon also gave him a brief introduction to military protocols. At least enough to not screw up any operations of which he might run afoul.
Unarmed Combat - Competent Level
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Parker was trained in hand-to-hand combat by an ex-Special Forces member. He is capable of fighting opponents larger than himself with relatively few problems.
ABILITIES
Power: Durability - Enhanced Level
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By manipulating his personal gravity, Parker can render himself super-durable. He is able to withstand forces up to that of a bursting shell against his skin, and he can repel most low-caliber bullets easily. (As long as he's concentrating.)
Power: Gravity Manipulation - Enhanced Level
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Parker has the ability to redirect his own personal gravity, allowing him to shift the pull of gravity sideways and walk on walls, as well as enhance his strength and durability.
Inherent: Intelligence - Basic Level
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Parker is a sharper-than-average kid, capable of figuring things out faster than the average human. He's no Mensa member, but he's definitely capable of creating and repairing his own tech. He even knows some science stuff that sounds legit!
Power: Regeneration - Enhanced Level
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Parker has the ability to regenerate tissue, including lost limbs, with enough time. The graver the injury, the longer it takes him to heal. A lost limb can take up to a day or so to regenerate, while most injuries and wounds heal within a few hours. Minor injuries heal almost instantly.
Power: Strength - Enhanced Level
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By manipulating his gravity, Parker is able to boost his strength to superhuman levels, able at his strongest to pick up an object as large and heavy as a tank and throw it several hundred yards.
Power: Super-Agility - Enhanced Level
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Parker has enhanced reflexes and agility, making him more flexible than most. Coupled with perfect balance, he's capable of amazing acrobatic feats.
Gimmick: Super-Leaping - Enhanced Level
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By lessening his own gravity and using his enhanced strength, Parker can leap up to two hundred yards horizontally, and up to a hundred yards vertically.
ADVANTAGES
Every guy's got to work, and when you're not technically a legal person, your options are limited. Big Belly Burger gives Parker a steady job, a modest income, and something to do that doesn't involve tights and costumed weirdo criminals.
Parker carries a 'Web Pistol', which shoots a web fluid that he uses to ensnare enemies and create web-lines for swinging. Both the gun and the fluid it utilizes are of Parker's own invention. The gun uses a shear-thinning fluid that uses a formula related to nylon. On contact with air, the long-chain polymer knits and forms an extremely tough, flexible fiber with extraordinary adhesive properties. The web fluid's adhesive quality diminishes rapidly with exposure to air. After about 1 hour, certain imbibed esters cause the solid form of the web fluid to dissolve into a powder. (Parker is also capable of creating higher-ordnance web armory. This is just his weapon of choice.)
WEAKNESSES
Parker is not legally a person, having no birth certificate or school records. All of his paperwork is forged, something he keeps well under wraps.
Obie Griffiths is the closest thing to a relative that Parker has, that he knows of, and he is fiercely protective of the old man. (Not that he needs it.) He becomes less rational when Obie is threatened or hurt.
That job at Big Belly Burger doesn't pay all the bills, and Parker often finds himself dumpster-diving to get parts to repair and maintain his equipment.
